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X ` Man[_3_]

On 7/18/12 8:07 AM, X ` Man wrote:
On 7/18/12 7:51 AM, BAR wrote:
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On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 11:23:24 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

"iBoaterer" wrote in message
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"X ` Man" wrote in message
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On 7/14/12 6:07 PM, BAR wrote:

45% of the electricity generated in the US comes from fossil
fuels.

Gee, does that mean 55 percent doesn't? Well, then, why do anything?

What are you righties so scared of?
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BAR was in error and corrected himself.

Using round numbers, 70 percent is from fossil fuels.
19 percent from nuclear reactors.
10 percent from solar, geothermal, wind, etc.

And that is the problem, the right wing is scared to death to wean off
of fossil fuels.
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I don't think responsible Republicans are *scared* to get off our
dependence
on fossil fuels. It's a issue of practicality and reality.
Eventually we won't
be using fossil fuels but it isn't going to happen tomorrow. Solar,
wind,
geothermal have all been in development for decades. Despite the
promise
and despite the advances and improvements, they can't come close
to meeting the energy needs even as it currently exists. Now, start
adding
millions of battery powered vehicles that need electrical power to run
and
the capacity of non-fossil energy sources to charge them becomes
miniscule.

Just like the laws of conservation of energy, we (as a technology
driven society)
have a habit of solving one problem by creating another.
Not too long ago asbestos was the greatest thing since sliced bread
for
brake linings, school floor tiles and fire retardant insulation.

Oooops!

Let's talk about corn. Brazil is kicking our ass by growing sugar
cane and we invested in corn. Could have been neck and neck with
Brazil if we'd have invested in switchgrass or something that didn't
necessarily benefit the farmer constituents of some thick headed
congressmen.

Spoken like a true believer in central planning. Thinking like yours, if
it catches on, will quickly destroy the USA.

Bertie is a well-credentialed economist, an educational background he
received while in high school and the marins.

er, marines.