Posted by RKRM on 01/16/17 11:46

"Bernie Woodham" <birnhamwood@insightbb.com> wrote in message
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> "Sam Spade" <Sam@coldmail.com> wrote in message
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>> And, once (actually if) the US doesn't need middle eastern old will
>> Europe, India, Japan, China, Korea, Australia, et al, sudden follow us to
>> cause the middle east to become like Africa?
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> Actually this is the best question I've read in this thread.
>
> If the US can quickly develop and change over into ethanol/electric
> hybrids that plugin to the grid, our need for oil would be drastically
> cut.

Nope. Ethanol is an energy sink. It takes more en ergy to produce than it
creates. Where do you think fertilasizer and insecticides for the crops
comes from? It's oil. EVERYTHING is made by or with oil. We're fucked.


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> India and China are the two big up and comers.
>
> In ten years we are supposed to start feeling the effects of global
> warming. If this is still science fiction for you, there's not much that
> can be said to you. But once these effects are felt, China and India are
> going to see the need to find an alternative. More pressure will be put
> on them than has been put on the US, because the effects will cause
> greater urgency internationally.
>
> So, if the US takes the lead in developing this technology, the world will
> once again resent us for their indebtedness to us.
>
> But global warming is the biggie that is going to make the difference.
> Far more than prices.
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