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InfinitePossibilities on November 1, 2006 - 7:08pm Permalink | Subthread | Comments top
It sounds good. Which, in politics, is important. If someone can come up with language that makes bitter medicine taste somewhat sweet, half the battle is won. People will take it. And they will discover that it is not half as bad as they were told by the fear mongers. People will discover that replacing oil with something else does not mean economic downturn but upturn. It means money stays in the US that would have gone to terrorists. Jobs are being created. Renewable energy can not be globalized any more than oil already is. Actually, renewable energy can not be globalized, it has to be made at home.

It sounds good. It will taste even better.  

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elwoodelmore on November 2, 2006 - 8:37am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
how 'bout replacing oil with not oil not gas not electric  not "renewables"    ie  conservation ?
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Jack on November 2, 2006 - 9:22am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
How would you do it?
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elwoodelmore on November 2, 2006 - 7:21pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
i dont know how to make everyone "do it"     i do know that the usa is the big waster(at present)     i know i can conserve by driving less  driving slower or not driving at all   i suppose the free market will "do it" although the free market's timing may be a little off       and the cure for antrax is death
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InfinitePossibilities on November 2, 2006 - 1:53pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
You are running through open doors with me. But conservation will only fit half the bill. The other half will have to come from investment in technology. And, of course, you are right, new technology won't get the job done, either, we need conservation on top of it. Well, we need it at the base, really.

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