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To: GST who wrote (24782)	11/24/2009 7:26:13 PM
From: Skeeter Bug	Read Replies (1) of 71475

>>Well lets see now, there are 400 clean tech companies in the SF Bay Area -- we could start there<< what do they do that is useful to the tune of being able to end our dependence on gas? starting a company means nothing. >>-- or we could start with the surge in LEED certified green buildings,<< i googled surge in terms of leed certified buildings and didn't see a single link that associated "surge" with the actual buildings. not one. please define what "surge" means to you and what percentage of america's oil and electricity will be saved due to your claimed leed "surge." >>or the building of green cities,<< the only "green city" i saw was the empty one in china. please name these new green cities and let us know how they will reduce emissions. >>or the widespread adoption of organic farming.<< how much energy will this save? >>Or we could go with simple things like conservation -- the announcement last week of a standard for big flatscreens that will save enough juice to mothball a major coal powerplant in CA.<< so if we double the power plants over the next 25 years (3% growth demands it), saving one or two means that we still dramatically increase emissions. think over the math a bit more. >>But lets try it in reverse -- name a sector of the global economy that is untouched by the current wave of innovation -- be specific so as not to waste my time with drivel about how no economic progress is possible without use of more and more oil.<< i don't know of a single major industry that can double without using more oil to do so and you've provided nothing to xchallenge that view. and it isn't just oil. it is energy. switching to nuclear energy will reduce marginal oil consumption, but it will create nuclear waste at levels we probably don't want to deal with if go nuclear in size. if the economy grows (debatable right now): 1. taxes will go up 2. energy usage will go up if the economy doesn't grow: 1. taxes will go up 2. energy usage will fall in line with the decline of the economy.

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