GasKicker
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I'm trying to look at the gas price thing as a positive.
Many energy alternatives have not been developed because the processes were expensive compared to gasoline. Now that gasoline is catching up, alternative fuels are becoming more commercially attractive.
Once big industrial concerns smell profits in alternative fuels, research and developement of these processes will really take off and competition will force them to develop these resources more and more economically.
We will one day return to cheap, efficient energy using technologies which, until now have not been profitable to develop. That's the beauty of capitalism.
The best scientific and engineering minds are employed by industry and not academia. (Geeks like money too!)
Even the oil companies will be forced to put their considerable resources behind these new developments. Money drives technological development much more than imagination or inspiration alone.
Wouldn't the world be a better place if we could tell the OPEC nations they can kep their oil and eat sand?
Just my opinion.
Many energy alternatives have not been developed because the processes were expensive compared to gasoline. Now that gasoline is catching up, alternative fuels are becoming more commercially attractive.
Once big industrial concerns smell profits in alternative fuels, research and developement of these processes will really take off and competition will force them to develop these resources more and more economically.
We will one day return to cheap, efficient energy using technologies which, until now have not been profitable to develop. That's the beauty of capitalism.
The best scientific and engineering minds are employed by industry and not academia. (Geeks like money too!)
Even the oil companies will be forced to put their considerable resources behind these new developments. Money drives technological development much more than imagination or inspiration alone.
Wouldn't the world be a better place if we could tell the OPEC nations they can kep their oil and eat sand?
Just my opinion.
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