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Towle
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Towle
17y ago
I can't help but read "SPDY" as "Spidey"... :(
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Towle
17y ago
You can't just demand that technology advance at the pace you want it to. You can try your best, certainly, but to simply expect the alternatives to be there waiting is ridiculous. Don't depend on what you don't have.
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Towle
17y ago
Which would mean that an increase in number of electric cars should be accounted for by the graphic as an increase in fossil fuel consumption as well. I don't have any stats on hand, but I would bet that a majority of batteries are charge
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Towle
17y ago
It looks like we've hit global peak, yes, but it's hard to be sure. I went with the phrasing "long before then" just to be on the safe side. Sadly? We're in no position to be picky about where we get our energy. We currently have no viable
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Towle
17y ago
Electric cars don't use fossil fuels, eh? Hrm...how do you suppose they get the electricity into the batteries? Kittens running on treadmills?
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Towle
17y ago
Please. We'll have hit peak oil long before then; there's no way that much oil will be produced in 2030.
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Towle
17y ago
If this practice becomes mainstream, we are-- all of us-- fucked.
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Towle
17y ago
8===D (sorry)