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A New Economic Engine: Energy in the 21st Century

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Aren't the costs of 'white knuckling' the fossil fuel steering wheel far greater than those of jump-starting renewable energy?
Ever since the Iraq war and the ensuing rebuilding of their society over there, hundreds of billions of dollars for government funded programs has become a reality.
Isn't it better to fix America first, in terms of energy dependence, before reaching out to solve other people's problems?
It would be nice if the 'industrial evolution' happened sooner rather than later.
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There are hundreds of patents that solve these problems. Children spend their precious time on projects for science fairs and contribute ideas, not to mention educated adults. Imagine the number of corporations that will crumble if these creative minds get the needed support. It's a slap in the face when you know solutions work, and the policy makers cave in to wealthy slave masters. It's not complicated!!! We'll see d true meaning of change.
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A cap and trade system is not the solution. The solution is to use property rights to hold polluters accountable. Polluters include you and I and anyone that burns coal or oil. Using tax incentives for clean energy solutions can also help.
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"They" have stymied nuclear power, killed the electric car and assassinated/marginalized numerous scientists that have created cheap clean energy solutions. Know thy enemy and never underestimate thy enemy.
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This effort has a large enemy it must address and fight first - the oil companies, the Bilderberg Group, and the Rockefellers, which are essentially one in the same. The forces against a greener, peaceful world are bigger than you can imagine. They have all the gold, the guns, the money and the control.
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It's always a pleasure to hear the opinions of the coal lobby when this debate comes up. Centralized power plants and corporate interests have such a difficult making their case so they need all the help that they can get.
You rock on, man!
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What's wrong with centralized power plants? Centralized nuclear power is probably the most practical way to move away from fossil fuels.

Even though people talk about bio-fuels, windmills, solar power etc, all these technologies have their own drawbacks, such as unreliable power output, needing huge land area or being limited by the speed of organic processes.

Not that the technologies are useless, but I think you'll find that a centralized power production backbone is very important.
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Nothing is wrong with nuclear power so long as we ignore the present costs, the deferred costs, the health risks, and the drawbacks of vertical integration of electricity production. Nuclear power appeals to corp. interests because it is all about externalities. That's the only way it is viable in the marketplace.
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Nice to hear from you, Jm836. Rock on.
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That's a great video. I'm a jaded old greenie, but I actually loved this little film. (Very nice that it was so racially inclusive.)

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