A fine plan, only one stumbling block - replacing oil and coal (don't forget coal) with an economically viable an energy source that could be deployed at scale.
Of course, if such an alternative existed, this entire discussion would be moot because energy companies all over the world would be vying to deploy it and rake in the profits. On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 7:25 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > That would be rather stupid all around. > > I want the Chinese to not fully opt into Kyoto (and follow up > accords). Yes, it will suck for air pollution in SE Asia and possibly > effect the West coast of the US and other areas in the short run. But > man, we would so luck out if China tied itself to a rapidly dwindling > non-renewable resource like oil. If we can drastically alter the > energy economy in our country and migrate it to using substantially > renewable resources then we've gained an immensely important strategic > advantage. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:283291 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
