Re: [RC] Looks like "Peak Oil" is in the distant future rather than the near ...

[David R. Block]

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I prefer the term "common sense." With the taking offline of several coal power plants, how in h*ll do they expect folks to charge their electric cars??? They're going to wind up as expensive as the gasoline models that way... I think that the Keystone Cops could come up with a better energy policy than this administration. BTW, I don't get Republican talking points sent to me. I'm not important enough. Now Texas talking points are a distinct possibility. ;-) David "I am so Libertarian that I don't think lawyers and doctors should be licensed by the government. I am so Libertarian that I make some Libertarians cringe."--Neal Boortz On 3/16/2012 11:16 PM, bil...@aol.com wrote: Yes, a gradual approach makes the best sense.  As much as possible to the extent it is cost effective. I don't think costs are as dismal as you portray them   --sounds like GOP talking points--  but I can  easily buy the concept that alternatives are hyped and not ready for prime time.   Seems to me that a good plan would be for Uncle Samuel to make federal leases available to companies willing to invest in alternative energy sources, not with any expectation that these other ways of doing things will be ready any time soon, but simply because we do have a future to think about and R & D and other expenses need to be paid for until such time as they make good economic sense.   But, yes, in the meantime, make good use of coal, oil, natural gas, hydrogen, etc.   Billy     ---------------------------------       3/16/2012 7:26:09 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, david.r.bl...@verizon.net writes: Some. Solar Energy is not panning out and is not ready to take over any large amount of electricity generation any time soon. Wind power is not practical in many regions, notably the Midwest during tornado season. The Gulf and Atlantic coasts have hurricanes from time to time. If we went nuclear we could do it, but the environmentalist wackos hate that almost as much as they do oil and coal. So I see slow and steady progress with alternatives, but NOW is not the time to price oil and coal excessively high and regulate it into oblivion when their replacements are not ready for prime time. Why that's just crazy talk. David   "I am so Libertarian that I don't think lawyers and doctors should be licensed by the government. I am so Libertarian that I make some Libertarians cringe."--Neal Boortz On 3/15/2012 5:57 PM, Dr. Ernie Prabhakar wrote: Do you really think we will be oil-based in 50 years, much less 100? Sent from my iPhone On Mar 15, 2012, at 14:53, bil...@aol.com wrote: If we aren't running out of oil now, there are finite limits and we will reach some kind of peak in 2090 or 2150, after which decline will be irreversible. -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <RadicalCentrism@googlegroups.com> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org   -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <RadicalCentrism@googlegroups.com> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <RadicalCentrism@googlegroups.com> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org