| bishop- Socialist paradise? That's insulting to me that you would take my ideas and turn them into me proposing or entertaining a socialist paradise. I had offered Hong Kong as another example to prevent such rude comments.
the big problem with a discussion such as this is that too many people enter into it with no background at all simply because they have nothing at stake. Just saying that you think 'they' will come up with a true alternative for oil doesn't make it so.
You said: "i look at these different alternative energies and liken it to tech research back in the 70's... it took them a while, but some 20 years later, their research progressed to the point where it created a cultural revolution of sorts.."
What sorts? Have you any notion at all what % of petroleum use has been replaced with alternate energy sources? If I said less than 1% would that give you a reason to start doing some searches on the subject to prove that it was more? Sorry pal, there ain't nuthin that is going to replace U.S. consumption of 22 million barrels a day. And even if there was, the U.S. should have started to pursue those alternatives 10 years ago in order to bring something online 20 years from now that could replace 10% of oil consumption.
Cultural revolution be damned. Ignoring the impending shortfall or attempting to make up for it in the M.E. is more like it. Get that old bike out of the basement and oil it up, you'll be needing it! |