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Ok, I do see that point. And really hope it's too expensive in relation to cleaner sources
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Posted by nomad on 2012-05-19 05:44:35

In Reply to: Well, just in terms of what I said above to Hoser... posted by shikantaza on 2012-05-18 20:55:22

Classic peak oil would be better for us long term, get us off the stuff. Instead, it is looking like there is enough fossil fuel to burn so that we could really screw up the atmosphere.

(Not using the terminology of "better for the planet", etc, because the planet will be just find, just a few flesh wounds. We could be screwed.)

Guess I'm enough of an optimist that I think that simply harnessing the constant power of the sun, along with wind, tidal, etc, has got to be cheaper in the long run than all that complicated extracting and refining from more and more remote locations.

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Recent rule that didn't get much attention could cause huge changes to US power market - shikantaza 2012-05-18 10:59:04 (56 views)

Wouldn't it be nice to get rid of the uncertainty? - nomad 2012-05-18 18:03:44 (37 views)

Yup... We're likely to get solar on our new place, and that is one - shikantaza 2012-05-18 18:22:40 (38 views)

I hope to convince the co-owners to go solar for our building - gribble the mispost master 2012-05-18 18:43:33 (32 views)

The huge natural gas glut is a bigger part of this whole process than implied in the article. - Dick Nikon 2012-05-18 14:30:43 (39 views)

"The cost of energy will necessarily skyrocket" - gsw_hoops 2012-05-18 13:04:25 (52 views)

Gee, if only we were investing in other sources of energy - gribble the mispost master 2012-05-18 17:43:05 (36 views)

Gee, since we only have 200 years of energy left in the ground, - gsw_hoops 2012-05-19 09:12:21 (44 views)

We wouldn't have been in Afghanistan or Iraq - gribble the mispost master 2012-05-19 09:26:49 (36 views)

Yeah, cuz we got so much from each of them. Oh, wait.. - gsw_hoops 2012-05-19 10:49:05 (41 views)

WTF? You have been the tard insisting we stay hooked on oil - gribble the mispost master 2012-05-19 12:15:06 (41 views)

You're either senile or lying. I have NEVER maintained that. - gsw_hoops 2012-05-19 13:58:52 (41 views)

LOL - Flashfire 2012-05-20 16:03:24 (31 views)

no, you just resist all efforts to stay ahead of the curve. - The Big Rebounder 2012-05-20 14:43:51 (36 views)

Go stroke out somewhere - Hoser 2012-05-19 16:24:36 (40 views)

Dude its a finite resource, of course the price will go up as there is less of it - Hoser 2012-05-18 14:01:30 (44 views)

that's not really what's going on here... - shikantaza 2012-05-18 14:24:47 (46 views)

That is running out of oil lol - Hoser 2012-05-18 16:59:33 (37 views)

LOL... whatever. Still not at issue. - shikantaza 2012-05-18 17:13:05 (26 views)

?? - nomad 2012-05-18 17:54:47 (32 views)

I meant that the potential increase isn't due to a scarcity in coal... - shikantaza 2012-05-18 18:19:23 (29 views)

But petroleum is a different matter - harder to get to is the equivalent of scarcer - nomad 2012-05-18 18:30:46 (31 views)

Well, just in terms of what I said above to Hoser... - shikantaza 2012-05-18 20:55:22 (38 views)

Ok, I do see that point. And really hope it's too expensive in relation to cleaner sources - nomad 2012-05-19 05:44:35 (37 views)

I'm gonna laugh when solar is the cheapest option and you're bitching about wanting coal back... - shikantaza 2012-05-18 13:19:30 (48 views)

What a stupid thing to say. The reason that many of us - gsw_hoops 2012-05-18 13:27:03 (50 views)

Your stance - Earl j. Slick 2012-05-19 08:39:41 (48 views)

For a lawyer you sure never provide anything of value to a discussion. - gsw_hoops 2012-05-19 09:10:42 (33 views)

That's an unusual statement. - Earl j. Slick 2012-05-19 16:07:33 (37 views)

"there is no practical alternative to fossil fuel" =/= "all of the above" - shikantaza 2012-05-18 13:39:30 (32 views)

"The real cost of dirty energy isn't reflected in your electricity bill." - nomad 2012-05-18 13:12:34 (39 views)

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