On May 6, 1:09 am, pseudomodo <sinohege...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> OMG. We agree.
>
> We'll soil the nest for a while longer yet until tech brings us both
> fusion & high efficiency levels. Fusion will take longer, but the tech
> is starting to line up in its favor. Techs just being developed now will
> lead to big efficiency gains in 15 years.
>
> Obama's & Hillary's goal of 80% reduction in emissions by 2050 would
> either require BTU/capita falling to pre-19th century levels OR reducing
> carbon emissions by going largely all-nuke and all-electric.
>
> Check out the firefly & supercapacitor battery techs. The 'burbs are
> there, and there to stay. Parts of them will also become more compact as
> the cities also fill back in, but if people can afford it they will find
> a way to continue to pay for the basis of their lifestyles.
Well first of all, the burbs are not there to stay, in fact the major
crisis of 2007 and on will be the death of the burbs. The burbs are
going to hell, my friend.
Secondly, the new president is saying 80% by 2050 because that is what
WILL happen ANYWAYS since we're about to go all electric in about 5-10
years as a response to $10 a gallon and up.
Jeez, don't you listen to goldradio.fm? :)
http://www.howestreet.com/audiovideo/index.php?pl=/goldradio/index.php/mediaplayer/846
(Skip the first five minutes of this one, as it's a boring financial
update).
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