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Politics : View from the Center and Left

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To: epicure who wrote (51279)3/1/2008 9:46:20 PM
From: Bearcatbob  Read Replies (2) of 543271
 
Mme - you need to consider the billions of dollars of infrastructure that needs to be replaced. It is not simply a technological issue. It is also political.

The technology of nuclear power exists today to make a huge difference. It would take decades to implement it even if the decision was made tomorrow to start. The man on the moon exercise and the Manhattan project were focused on singular events. Replacing the entire worlds energy infrastructure is a staggering thought. Again - the demographics of the world must be considered. There are billions out there and a few hundred million here.

There is a major distinction between technology and world wide implementation.

Incidentally - the change will occur over time due to the nature of the economics - especially IF we have reached peak oil.
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