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Old 07-03-2013, 02:16 PM   #67 (permalink)
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Dead wrong. It is absolutely certain that the world will run out of fossil fuels sometime in the near (in historical terms) future. That's just basic science and simple math: there's only a finite amount down there, the creation rate is infinitesimally slow, so eventually you get to zero. (Of course it will become economically impractical to use for fuel before then, as recovery costs rise.)
Ah, so it's faith.

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Gasoline from water, CO2 and sunlight

Dead wrong. Sure. Whatever.

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OK, I challenge it. Where are they? Unless you are counting all those turn of the 20th century Aermotor water pumps sitting on ranches, or (like my neighbors' one) kept for purely decorative purposes.
Wind Turbines & “Green” Subsidies Under Fire
14,000 wind turbines have been abandoned in the United States
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Do you want me to google some more stuff for you? You apparently are unwilling or unable to do so, yourself.

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And for counterpoint, how many abandoned oil wells and coal mines are there?
You tell me. Better yet, tell me why environmentalists aren't trying their best to publicly shame the power companies into replacing and modernizing these abandoned turbines?
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