Dan Luke wrote:

wrote:

Ever heard how long Alaskan reserves would last?

Long enough to develop other technologies without civilization coming
to a screaming halt in the mean time.

LOL.

Who's advocating civilization coming to a screaming halt?

No one fool.

If the natural oil runs out before finding a practical replacement,
civilization comes to a screeming halt.

It's a statement of fact.

Besides Rush Limbaugh's strawman, I mean.

And how long would the Alaskan reserves satisfy the U. S. demand?

Oil in the ground is a *good* thing to have.

Oil in the ground is about as usefull as a screen door on a submarine.

Wrong. Reserves in the ground are money in the bank. Using them up would
merely be a short postponement of the inevitable.

And how long would the the reserves in the ground satisfy the U. S. demand?

You can't have it both ways.

Wind is not dependable as Texas has found out:

http://www.reuters.com/article/domes...feedType=RSS&f
eedName=domesticNews&rpc=22&sp=true

It's early days yet. There are ways to flywheel wind energy.

Yeah, pump water uphill assuming you have water and an uphill to put it.

Right now the delivered cost of solar is several times that of
conventional
electricity,

Right now.

Yeah, that's where we live, right now.

--
Jim Pennino

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