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Originally Posted by Shannon
"North America stands at an energy crossroads. As cheap, plentiful conventional oil becomes a luxury of the past, we now face a choice: to set a course for a more sustainable energy future of clean, renewable fuels, or to develop ever-dirtier sources of transportation fuel derived from fossil fuels -- at an even greater cost to our health and environment."
Source: NRDC: Stop Dirty Fuels
"There is no such thing as clean coal...(paraphrasing) If I put liquid coal in my Prius and drove it, I'd be producing the same lifecycle CO2 emissions as a Hummer."
Source (Video): http://www.youtube.com/v/NC8OhWBwDqE&hl=en |
Well said, Shannon. I hope the escalation of the price of oil and gasoline will be a turning point for this country and will drive us to develop renewable energy sources. Today, I heard our political leaders calling on Congress to allow drilling for oil and gas in ANWR. All that does is postpone the inevitable. At some point, non-renewable energy sources will be gone, used up, no longer there. Why postpone the inevitable? We must act now.
BBH