From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rafal@smigrodzki.org)
Date: Fri Jun 13 2003 - 23:03:32 MDT
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From: <Spudboy100@aol.com>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 11:11 PM
Subject: Re: ENERGY: Singularity on hold?
Spike noted:
<<A few windmills are going up along 5 now (low interest rates making them
attractive investments) but progress is being strangled by low oil
prices.
This world cannot make any real progress in energy production until we
burn up most of the reserves. Cheapy oil is holding back progress.
Eventually we will turn the corner. The glass is half full and filling
steadily.
spike >>
Yes, but internal combustion engines do not run on windpower. Are you
thinking that we ought to create fuel through solar energy and windpower to
fuel our
cars? I didn't think so. :-)
### This is possibly the best solution - you can use the electricity for
making hydrogen for coal gasification and make gasoline even cheaper than in
the regular synthol process. There will be never a good reason to switch to
hydrogen fuel, with all its environmental and societal dangers.
Rafal
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