The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Moonliner, I couldn't agree more. I think those things - particularly nuclear and solar - are what we need to do in terms of electrical power. If electric cars can be made that meet the needs of users (we all know the drawbacks), then I say go for it (but the expense to the consumer of purchasing those is immense and not likely to happen quickly), and the same goes for hydrogen (though that presents additional problems, such as refueling infrastructure). These things, I believe from what I've read, are decades away from making any impact in the oil economy.

By the way, I read something really cool about a company called nanosolar. They basically were able to take solar cells and put them in a wall paper type application. Cool.

I cry Bull****. "Decades away" is propaganda for "Let's make all we can from oil before we move on". In less than ten years this country went from toy rockets to a man on the moon. We need an Apollo level program aimed at energy independence. We need a leader that will make energy independence a priority.



(Yeah, yeah, we were a bit beyond "toy rockets" when Kennedy made the call to put a man on the moon but you get my point..)