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There are times when someone brings the entire point into a simple statement. Obama's plans have as much chance of working as we have of fueling our future with unicorn farts
http://www.redstate.com/erick/2012/03/19/barack-obamas-energy-policy-unicorn-farts/
On Friday, the President of the United States accused his Republican opponents of being members of the Flat Earth Society because of their demands that the nation increase drilling.
In no small bit of irony, the President who bitterly lamented the rise of ATM’s and internet travel options accused the GOP of wanting to bitterly cling to the past.
But what of Barack Obama’s energy policy? He likes to tout wind and solar technologies and batteries, but it seems while he accuses the GOP of being flat earthers, the reality is that the President is himself anti-science when it comes to the reality of domestic energy needs.
His solution to fueling our cars amounts to using unicorn farts as gas — which has just as much a chance of happening as the mythic battery powered cross country run.
The facts are pretty simple. As a matter of both science and reality, battery technology is neither good enough nor cheap enough to supply American needs relating to transportation. Even were there batteries available for vehicles, the cost of conversion for the tens of millions of cars on the road right now would be cost prohibitive and increasing fuel standards, resulting in smaller and smaller cars, penalize families. Try piling a family of four in a Prius for a trip to grand mom’s house for Spring Break. The luggage and leg room will make for an exciting time.
Even beyond the family car, a battery will not put an 18 wheeler on the road, a 747 in the air, or a locomotive on its rails. Americans depend on crude oil right now and in the future. To cling to the hope of a battery that can meet American automotive needs is anti-science and as realistic as fueling our future with unicorn farts.
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bstulic  Posts: 761
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What a stupid article
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Fist_de_Yuma posted:
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Bill Gates posted:
I think people deeply underestimate what a huge problem this day-night issue is if you're trying to design an energy system involving solar technology that's more than just a hobby. You know the sun shines during the day, and people turn their air conditioners on during the day, so you can catch some of that peaking load, particularly if you get enough subsidies. It's cute you know, it's nice. But the economics are so, so far from making sense.… And so unfortunately you get technologies that, no matter how much of them you buy, there's no path to being economical.
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bstulic Posts: 761
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640K ought to be enough for anybody
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bstulic posted:
Head in the sand works for me.
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Fist_de_Yuma posted:
Head up my ass works for me.
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If our nation had invested heavily into public transportation, both on a local and interstate scale, you wouldn't need to own a car.
Our country will struggle with transportation until a viable mass transit option is created that can service the majority of people's transportation needs.
This is one area where we are far behind other first world nations, and it's only going to get worse with rising oil prices and falling incomes.
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Allstarslacker posted:
If our nation had invested heavily into public transportation, both on a local and interstate scale, you wouldn't need to own a car.
Our country will struggle with transportation until a viable mass transit option is created that can service the majority of people's transportation needs.
This is one area where we are far behind other first world nations, and it's only going to get worse with rising oil prices and falling incomes.
You want to put even more money into this black hole? How about you check it out for real before repeating the talking point?
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Providing a good public transportation option would be good way of relieving the already strained budgets of the working class.
The reality is that we cannot afford for everyone to provide their own transportation.
The lower classes are very quickly being priced out of automobile ownership.
Oil is a dead end. That doesn't mean current alternatives are better, but we have to face reality.
There will be a post oil world. How will people get around?
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