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Old 05-16-2016, 12:00 PM   #26 (permalink)
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I woke up this morning with a simile metaphor talking-point in my head:

We all know (from Open Source principles) about 'free as in speech' and 'free as in beer'. It turns out there is also 'free as in puppy'. So I ordered things this way:
  • Free as in speech: Solar (to include wind, wave and hydro) and Lunar (tidal) power as it is democratizing
  • Free as in beer: petroleum at $1 in/$100 out
  • Free as in puppy: nuclear power, which cost mostly after the energy has already been consumed

Where it put coal and the last of the petroleum?
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