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bluestateboomer (313 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-16-07 08:30 PM Original message |
Where are the breakthroughs? |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-16-07 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. There will never be "a" break through that is as cheap and easily obtained as oil |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-16-07 09:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Not at all. There are vastly higher energy solutions available than oil. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-16-07 09:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Compared to alternatives there is nothing as easily obtained as has the energy of oil. Nothing. n/t |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-16-07 10:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Broken record much? NT |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 02:06 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. If you haven't been paying attention, |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 10:44 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Perhaps that's because |
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brokensymmetry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 01:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
20. Exactly. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-16-07 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well... |
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mrcheerful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-16-07 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. The break through is congress wants to increase vehicles gas mileage up to 65 mpg's |
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bluestateboomer (313 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-16-07 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. Maybe the fault lies with ourselves (apologies to Shakespeare) |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-16-07 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. I hate to break the news to people, but 6 billion people can't live like this. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-16-07 09:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. 6 billion people is a number that is unsustainable on this planet. |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-16-07 10:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Unfortunatley... |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-16-07 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. Engineering is much more costly than physics... |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-16-07 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
10. It's an old story: the claim is a headline, the retraction is on page C9. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
15. Everyone is waiting on a tech breakthrough that will never happen |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
16. "Aquygen"? Oh please. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
17. I'm hording hamsters. |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 11:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. One word that makes all the difference: Flatus |
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philb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-17-07 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
18. Lots of energy options available better than coal & to partially replace oil |
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bluestateboomer (313 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
21. Here's Another one! |
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