Dylan Smith wrote:
On 2005-08-26, ls wrote:

(it's no accident that our fearless leader GWB is suddenly pushing
hydrogen fuel cells and alternative energies - he's spoken with Simmons
on many occasions recently).


Trouble with hydrogen as a fuel... the only economical way we have of
making it is using fossil fuels, so it is NOT a solution for peak oil.

Not without a major investment in nuclear powerplants (so hydrogen can
be obtained by electrolysis).

Agreed...

In fact, all of the currently available alternatives are unworkable for
all practical purposes, at least at the current time.

To make a quite long story short, the only alternative we have at the
current time is conservation - and we know what that means vis-a-vis the
oil-consuming economies....

Also, for what it's worth, I saw a very complete presentation on the
peak oil issue by a senator on CSPAN not long ago. The senate was
virtually empty at the time, but at least it appears there's some
awareness of the problem creeping even into congress now....

As I said, in light of all this, my ownership plans have certainly
changed dramatically in the last year or so. And I've also noticed the
local RV's do a lot more sitting on the ramp all of a sudden...

LS
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