Current science is floating the idea that fossil fuels are renewable...
Yah, weird, but just something for you to think about.
I'm all for solar, but currently the creation of solar energy equipment requires more energy than will EVER be created. And wind farms, while seemingly cheap and easy, often cause problems for migratory birds, etc. And, to protect the birds by putting cages around the blades creates enough vortices that the energy loss is significant....
Still, the first internal combustion engines sucked, too, and every year we get better and better, so I'm all for science that works to create better solar cells, better wind displacement systems, tidal energy systems, etc.
Something to point out, though... there are no OIL companies. There are ENERGY companies that specialize in oil. I have friends in R&D for Shell that are working to make sure that Shell continues into the future when oil isn't a viable product. They aren't going to die just because we bottom out the wells, you know. They have a vested interest, a self-interest if you will, to work for development of renewable resources that keep them around forever, pumping energy and making money. We don't need the DoE to cause that kind of research. If Shell never had to buy another barrel of oil from overseas to meet their consumer demand, they'd be just ducky, you know?
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Date: 2004-05-30 11:58 pm (UTC)From:Yah, weird, but just something for you to think about.
I'm all for solar, but currently the creation of solar energy equipment requires more energy than will EVER be created. And wind farms, while seemingly cheap and easy, often cause problems for migratory birds, etc. And, to protect the birds by putting cages around the blades creates enough vortices that the energy loss is significant....
Still, the first internal combustion engines sucked, too, and every year we get better and better, so I'm all for science that works to create better solar cells, better wind displacement systems, tidal energy systems, etc.
Something to point out, though... there are no OIL companies. There are ENERGY companies that specialize in oil. I have friends in R&D for Shell that are working to make sure that Shell continues into the future when oil isn't a viable product. They aren't going to die just because we bottom out the wells, you know. They have a vested interest, a self-interest if you will, to work for development of renewable resources that keep them around forever, pumping energy and making money. We don't need the DoE to cause that kind of research. If Shell never had to buy another barrel of oil from overseas to meet their consumer demand, they'd be just ducky, you know?