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Originally Posted by The One and Only...
Quite frankly, they just haven't advanced enough. There are not enough sources for hydroelectric power.
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Huh?
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Wind works great out in rural areas, but I sincerly doubt it work well for large cities.
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Works okay on rooftops, as do solar panels.
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People are afraid of nuclear energy and waste.
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As they probably should be, but it seems to work for France. I'm very critical of nuclear energy, but I think we should discuss/investigate it more, rather than simply dismissing it like some would prefer.
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Solar energy look ugly, and heck: we are vain. I can also say I've never met anyone who wants to charge up their car.
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If electric cars were cheap and more efficient (which they can/will be), people will be fine with it. It's no more alien of a concept than sticking a hose in your car and filling it up with a fossil fuel.
As for solar energy, I think they kind of look cool, IMO. And who cares what's on your roof top? The Israelis are way ahead of the game on this one...
And why not put large panels out in the deserts and dry lands out of sight for most "vain" Americans...?
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That, and our govt. would never stand by and watch a ton of jobs be lost with the shape our economy's in - even if the Congress was in a different shape.
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What jobs, oil refining??? You have to think in terms of balance. What good does it do our economy if we need to have a bloated military budget to protect every resource we need in every third world military dictatorship?? If we can be self-sufficient here, that's the route we need to take, IMO.
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I would prefer we stayed out of other countries will little for us unless it got really bad - we don't want countries to become dependant on us (well, yes, we do; but we don't want the blame if we stop supporting them and it becomes living hell).
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You kind of answered that for me.