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Originally Posted by dcb
Attitudes like that seek to fufill themselves. Try this mantra, "Americans are proud and responsible and know they can do so much better".
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I'll start by saying that I think we need better conservation efforts as well, but adding insulation and switching to CFL lights only do so much. It’s unfortunate that the greens out on the fringe spew out unreasonable propaganda on what can be done with conservation and renewable energy and at the same time get in the way of real solutions like nuclear energy. Renewables and conservation cannot solve our problems on their own as population growth and increases in the worlds standard of living more than consume any gains in efficiency we incur.
According to Wiki:
The World produced 17350 TWh of electricity in 2005 of which 16.71% was hydro and 2.13% was renewable.
Image:Electricity production in the World.PNG - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Have you looked into how many windmills it takes to replace one conventional power plant and how much space is required to site them? Just exactly how much conservation are you proposing?