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Exactly. If the Department of Energy were truly worried about running out of oil they would be investing in nuclear power stations and a overhaul of the power g
by steve19 17y ago
Exactly. If the Department of Energy were truly worried about running out of oil they would be investing in nuclear power stations and a overhaul of the power grid to prepare for the day that we all have to plug our cars into the grid.
- jerf 17y agoI was thinking the same thing when the author was hypothesizing about carbon credits being a secret scheme to prepare us for peak oil; if our government really was preparing us for this and really had our best interests at heart there's many other things they would be doing. Telling us, for one. ("Keep things secret so people don't panic" applies to acute crises, not gradual crises perceivable decades in advance. If indeed it applies at all.)