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Reduces the amount of infrastructure needed.
(Pipelines, super tankers, refineries, gas stations, ports, drilling rigs, production platforms, etc. ) all of which consumes a considerable fraction of our resources.
And replaces these items with pipelines, super tankers, refineries, fuel oil storage and delivery, ports, drilling rigs, production platforms, additional generation plants, additional power lines, additional substations, etc., all of which consumes a considerable fraction of our resources. Renewables simply aren't up to the task, given current technologies.
Eliminates the need to meddle in other countries. (IRAQ?)..
Not quite. Energy consumed is energy consumed, and still must come from somewhere. The pollyannists believe that oil, and the need for oil, will disappear if we switch to electric. It won't. It will still be used to create the energy to power the vehicles, and in the plastics of the vehicles, and the rubber of the tires, and the asphalt of the roads, and the grease of the bearings, swivels and hinges, and....
Please elaborate on your heavily subsidized statement. You didn't give enough insight into your thinking regarding this one. - Posted by: Dr. John Posted on: 08/13/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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