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Originally Posted by cmac2012
Yeah, you're right. Probably more like we use it 10 or 100 million times faster than it's produced.
The reason the other stuff hasn't taken over yet is because it's more expensive, by a not small amount. The notion that the marketplace will solve these problems just like magic may not be completely solid.
We're going to have the need for greater efficiency forced on us, whether we like it or not. Might be good to get a jump on the game.
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Don't get me wrong. Efficiency is a great thing to increase. Using wind, hydro, nuclear, etc, etc, is all good. However, I find that article misleading in that in the forseeable future, I don't see how any place can be oil free. There are way too many products that we use that need oil. When you say "oil free" I think that you can do without any oil. I suppose if you have others manufacture the stuff and don't count it, you could make such a false claim. Just as Bush claiming that we need to cut out the Mideast oil. Good for him. Lets just buy more from South America and other places and we can cut down the number of barrels we buy from Saudi Arabia and other ME places. How will that affect the ME? Not even noticable since the oil prices will still be the same and China and India will gobble up more. So, even if they get paid in Vietnamese Dong, Chinese money or Indian Rupee, does it matter? It still gets translated into the same thing. I have 50 pennies in my right pocket. If I put 25 in my left and 25 in my back pockets I still have 50 pennies. So, even if we took the ME out of whom we get oil from, will it change anything? In your rethoric, yes. You can also chalk up a phyrric victory for yourself. In real terms, have you achieved anything? Absolutely not.
BTW, if the world economy tanks and you have this magic source of power that you can sell to those who don't have it, with what will they pay you with?
All I am saying is that while this is a good idea and sounds good from the rethoric standpoint, all it will end up doing is shifting the addiction from one source to another. The main cause of all the world's problem is the 2 legged creature who dominates it. Till that changes, nothing changes. Just like the pennies in the pocket. Shift it here or there, you still have the same amount. Even if we gave everyone replicators to make food, clothes, etc, etc, we will still fight over dilithium to power the damn thing.