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Where the Real Money in Global Warming is

  • Offline MalabarJag
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10-05-2014, 01:49 AM

Quote:There are more options than just Solar and Wind (and cutting down on reliance on Oil is a good idea in the first place)


Thorium is an example.  It's abundant, cleaner, and safer, as well as efficient.  If they can get it to work as a fuel, then it would greatly reduce the need for gasoline.  

 

The government is already taking our money for far less worthy causes than battery powered cars (or cars such as the Tesla, which released it's hold on it's patent as well).  They spend a lot of money on Jets that they don't need (or want).  They spend money to train foreign prostitutes to drink responsibly on the job.  They have unused properties that they have to pay maintenance on.  They spend billions on corporate welfare.  I'm far more concerned about that money being spent, than on anything else that might actually be beneficial.
 

I agree with most of this. Thorium is abundant, and it can't be used for bomb making. Development of a thorium-based reactor would be money much better spent. But it's not 'renewable.'


 

Gasoline can be made from coal or natural gas
, and the US has plenty of both. It's expensive, but not as expensive as $100 per barrel oil. Cheap gasoline and cheap electricity both greatly benefit the economy.

 

I also agree that there's worse waste in government than on battery powered cars (I pointed out the Dept of Energy for one), but all waste is bad, and none should be tolerated. Subsidizing the purchase of electric cars is subsidizing the rich, since electric cars are beyond the price range of almost everyone. That tax the laborers to benefit the rich program very similar to the rest of the cronyism that is rampant in government.




                                                                          

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Where the Real Money in Global Warming is - by MalabarJag - 10-05-2014, 01:49 AM



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