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How long do you believe it will take to restructure the Petroleum Economy into the Solar-Hydrogen Economy?
This is a difficult question. The transition to the Solar-Hydrogen Economy is dependent on how fast we can mobilize industry and Government to restructure the Petroleum Economy and how many dollars are put into the transition.
There is a way to estimate the length of time. For example, the total U.S. energy expenditures would be a good measuring tool for the transition time. Our total energy expenditures was $992 billion (2005) and represents about 8% of our GNP. Interestingly, there is a general curve that governs change in many processes both in science and human phenomenon. It is called the
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