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Originally Posted by benVFR 
We're going to get stuck reshaping the country so we all live & work close together to reduce consumption.. it's going to suc
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There are huge economies that we can get right now. There is the awesome technology that saves a ton of energy, about .79 eveny time you do a load of wash. Your grandmother used it. Its called a clothesline.
The thing is we've been doing things in a wasteful way. Now it's time to change that.
The thing is we don't have most of oil (we have 2%) but we use a lot (about 25%) the people that have it are not interested in giving it away. They have proven very adept at making it hard to take away.
Eventually
that country that makes the most GPD per gallon will do best.
So, wasteful practices must stop. My motorcycle gets 50 MPG, I live in a smallish town with local services close to me. I make many trips to the store by bicycle. I walk to town to see movies. I commute to work by bike (motorized or not) I'm no sending money to Chad and Saudi Arabia.
That spike, say $25 gas, could occur any time. The House of Saud is riven with problems. There will be a messy, messy monarchical power stuggle when this old guard dies off. A lot of people that hate those guys, there are thousands of princes.
Every time you accelerate to hard, every time you drive alone, some of that money goes to Osamma.
There are some very simple technologies for solar home heating and most roofs can me photovoltic. I bought my house because of it's orientation to the sun, in part. We need real energy independence for America. I'm doing my part now.
I'm buying two 20,000 BTU (on a bright day) made in Methuen warm air solar heating panels for installation on my house. Wave that flag.
Honestly, are you really up for mountain top removal on a massive scale for coal? When you dig that stuff up other things come with it that get in the water supply and in the air. Are you up for tons of mercury in the milk supply?
Are you really going to protect that reactor or waste dump for the next 100 years, 1000 years, 10,0000 years? Is this possible?
If we get to clean, renewable technologies of the future and patent them America will stay rich. In the mean time we need to reduce our exposure and not use so much fossil fuel, no consume so much, not send so many jobs over seas, think a little more.
We're writing checks we can't cash.
Adam