If we could design a methane and hot air recovery system for use with all the politicians we would become energy independent very quickly!!! Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: "Bob Axtell" Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:00:12 To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Subject: Re: [OT]:: Al Gore - A Generational Challenge to Repower America "Pushing as hard as possible on all fronts" is a good idea but financially disastrous. It would be cheaper to simply invade Saudi Arabia and take the oil. Sooner or later, somebody else will if we don't. --Bob A On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 10:31 AM, wrote: > On Fri, 25 Jul 2008, Apptech wrote: > > This is a very recent 'speech' by Al Gore challenging the US > > (the title says America) to convert all US electricity > > generation to non-hydrocarbon dependent sources within 10 > > years. It covers more than that, but that's the core. > > We simply do not have the technical, political or economic capital to do > this in ten years. > > However, if we pushed as hard as we could on all fronts we could make some > massive improvements. If we reduse the need for oil a small amount, it > can make a HUGE decrease in the cost. Thats how things work when a > resource is not enough to meet demand. The price skyrockets as you hit > that limit. A 10% reduction in oil use would probably put the price of > gas back to $1 or $2 a gallon. > > So his goals are unrealistic, but there is absolutly nothing wrong with > trying. Anything would be better than the last 7 years of head in the > sand do-nothings we have had for our leadership. > > (You were right to post it in OT.. I would have moved it here for my > crazy ranting post anyway :-) > > -- > Ian Smith > www.ian.org > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist