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Blame Canada, eh?
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Solar power plants in very dry sunny areas - Africa/SW US Mexico/ Australia desert/ Middle East. This would minimize the environmental impact of these huge fields of solar panels/mirrors. Pump ocean water to these locations. Use the solar power to 1- purify the water 2- crack it into compressed hydrogen. Now we just need to move the hydrogen to areas that do not have the sunlight to do it on their own. We can use existing CNG and oil pipelines. Zero Carbon or any other greenhouse gasses.
This solves all the worlds problems and I can retire a multi-billionaire. Maybe I will even buy Hawaii. Or Fiji. Or some other exotic island as long as it ends in I. |
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...or just get rid of the silly "truck emissions and safety exemptions" that loop hole legislation was the only thing keeping GM afloat for many years...
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The only guy richer is the one who invents a working penis enlargement pill.
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now where was I...?
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![]() ![]() ![]() The above video has very little to do with this thread - just wanted an excuse to share the video - it's really funny.
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Ex and future Lotus owner
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The only power source that will satisfy the most militant environmentalists as well as our realistic energy needs is something called "magic," and nobody has figured it out yet. Nuclear power is clean and safe. The problem is everyone remembers Chernobyl, 3 Mile Island, etc, and it scares the hell out of them. It fosters a "not in my backyard" mentality. Even John Kerry who is all for green technology is fighting against a proposed wind farm near his island vacation house. Everyone supports prisons, dumps, train stations, etc, just not in their backyard.
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Good grief, it is already 2009! Where is all the cool technology that I read about when I was growing up? We were supposed to have stopped using cars a decade ago. I want my nuclear-powered hovercraft so I can zip around town like George Jetson. Oh, and I want a vacation home on Mars.
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