At 01:20 20-6-01 -0400, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
>While I actually agree that the US should do a lot more to control
>greenhouse emissions - by far the most important thing we could do is
>switch over to nuclear power, if possible going as far as the french have
>- there are two points I would make to that. The first is that, as has
>recently been demonstrated, California energy policy is not exactly
>something I _want_ the rest of the United States to follow. The second is
>that goals are all well and good, but I frankly think the chances that CA
>can actually get to 20% - or even much beyond 11%, to be honest - are
>somewhere between slim and none. The renewable energy technologies just
>don't exist, and I'm not sure that they ever will.
Energy from renewable sources already exists, therefore the technology
exists too. I must agree though that the current state of technology
doesn't make widespread use of renewable energy possible. It will still
require a lot of money and a lot of research before that will happen.
Here's a thought: instead of wasting zillions of dollars on some missile
shield, let's spend that money on research into renewable energy. Now
*that* should give things a boost... :)
Jeroen
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