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Default A really good article on renewable energy

On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:17:29 -0500, wrote:

There is a story right now on the news saying the US will be a net
exporter of oil by the end of the decade producing more than the
Saudis.


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And that's good news of course. Our oil will eventually be depleted
however and the renewable energy research should continue unabated.

If we do it right oil will eventually be worth more as an industrial
feedstock than it is as a fuel. You can make electricity from wind,
photons and fusion but you can't make plastic and chemicals that way.