[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Starvid', 'E')lectricity aint the problem, remember?
We could build 635 GW of nuclear power just like that, but that won't help much.

[Tyler_JC]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Starvid', 'E')lectricity aint the problem, remember?
We could build 635 GW of nuclear power just like that, but that won't help much.

[joewp]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', '
')Oil has been the fuel of choice because its been cheap and convenient. As oil gets more expensive and inconvenient, other energy sources will become economically competitive,

[Tanada]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('joewp', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', '
')Oil has been the fuel of choice because its been cheap and convenient. As oil gets more expensive and inconvenient, other energy sources will become economically competitive,

[bshirt]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Valdemar', '
')I'd suggest cutting money from somewhere else in the US budget, but frankly I'd sooner see the US embracing socialism than cut down on, say, military spending.

[joewp]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tanada', '
')The oil supply ois going to contract, not dissapear overnight. With proper incentive the government can ensure that a new energy infrastructure, or rather most likely a set of infrastructures, will be built. It will be inconvenient, costly and a royal pain in the behind and we will probably still have a global major depression as it is built. That is, unless we collapse into barbarianism first, but I have never been a mad max kind of guy. TPTB don't mind of the useless eater starve to death, and they don't much care if half the worker class starves either, all they really care about is staying TPTB. Right now it is pollitically expedient to have this hugh federal and state social safety net in place to care for the lazy, sick and injured. When times get tough all that stuff goes right out the window.

[shortonoil]

635 GW is equivalent to 8.5 mb of oil a day. We now use 21 mb per day.

[ECM]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('shortonoil', '6')35 GW is equivalent to 8.5 mb of oil a day. We now use 21 mb per day.

[aahala]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('shortonoil', '6')35 GW is equivalent to 8.5 mb of oil a day. We now use 21 mb per day.

[joe1347]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('matt21811', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cobra_Strike', 'O')nce again, its a real shame all that money was sunk into the pit that is Iraq. We could have had a bundle of clean power if the money was better spent.

[pea-jay]

So, the next question is, will we abandon our middle eastern adventure and set out investing that money in loads of sustainable energy solutions? I dont expect W to lead the charge on this, but I still think the occupant at 1600 Pennslyvania ave January 2009 may choose differently.

[Omnitir]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('joe1347', '
')Some of the more recent estimates put the total cost of the Iraq war (to the US economy) closer to $2 Trillion US Dollars. If we're in Iraq to secure access to 'cheap' oil, I suspect that $2 Trillion would have been enough to have made the USA energy independent.