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It's offical! W is truly a whore to the oil biz!
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by First of Two: [QB] Sulfur dioxide is a cooling gas, however. Maybe we can just increase our emissions of THAT! [IMG]http://flare.solareclipse.net/smile.gif[/IMG] Isn't it France that gets most of its power from nuclear plants? I know, lets run down the available energy sources... Oil, Coal and Gas: efficient, relatively cheap, but dirty. Greens hate it. Nuclear: Clean, expensive, considered dangerous, toxic waste. Greens hate it. Solar: Unreliable, so far inefficient, expensive, but very clean. Greens love it, until you mention the acerage you'd need to clear-cut to put up enough collectors to power a city. Wind: Cheap, clean, but sparse coverage. Can be noisy. Requires vast coverage for useful amounts of energy. Greens love it, until you mention how many windmills would have to be constructed, and the impact of all that construction plus access roads plus the potential damage to flying animals. Geothermal: Clean, but useful exploitation generally requires digging into seismically active areas. Bad for eruptions. Greens love it, until you point out that our best source for geothermal energy is Yellowstone National Park. care for some massive industrial development there, anyone? Hydroelectric: fairly cheap, clean, but requires destruction of acres of habitat. Damages fish migratory patterns (same goes for tidal generators.) Greens hate it, usually. Conclusion: Unfortunately, Fossil fuels are the best source we've got. Unless you've got some mysterious 'better idea,' in which case you'd do yourself a big favor by mentioning it. Otherwise, you're just flapping your gums. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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