SasookJoin Date: 2009-03-07
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By 2016, an entire US naval fleet will run on algae based fuels. The DoD says it is completely confident that all military vehicles will run on alternate fuels within 20-30 years.
In addition, the army is also switching fuels on their vehicles.
Also, one of the biggest expected innovations of he 21st century in America is hopefully going to be the planned solar roads.
They will power nearby communities and cars that drive over them. They will replace expensive concrete roads. |
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RaximusJoin Date: 2012-06-24
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sounds good
its time we as a people started living with this planet instead of living off it |
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SasookJoin Date: 2009-03-07
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Ya. Pollution in cities is causing health problems and increased cases of lung disease. |
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Yeah, I agree. I just don't want a military that malfunctions because there isn't enough light. |
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RyplayerJoin Date: 2007-07-06
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I hope the fossil fuel industry disappears this century. |
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SasookJoin Date: 2009-03-07
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Rubies,
Ships can run on solar power without actually having sunlight. It is one of the battery storage methods that was just recently invented in Florida or Texas or something. |
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Alberta has tons of oil and it is the reason Canada has such a good economy. |
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SasookJoin Date: 2009-03-07
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Canada also has 30 million people and melting ice, which is another reason Canada has a food exonomy
They sell ice, you stupid anti progress lobbyist |
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RagEgniteJoin Date: 2011-11-28
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@sasuke
I c wut you did thar in the title. |
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Canada is almost as good as Kentucky master state. |
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SasookJoin Date: 2009-03-07
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it was the title of the article, i didn't do it |
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SasookJoin Date: 2009-03-07
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Canada is almost as good as Kentucky master state.
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i can't wait for oil value to go down globally and watch canada's economy cash and burn then ask to be annexed by the US |
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RyplayerJoin Date: 2007-07-06
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But think about it, there is no logical reason for the oil industry to exist other than profits for big oil. We literally don't need it, the technology is there to run a completely oil free society. Personally I can't wait for the price of renewable vehicles to be low enough that is the preferable alternative to petroleum vehicles, rendering them obsolete. |
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RagEgniteJoin Date: 2011-11-28
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@Ryplayer
Well, Oil is still big in NASA's rockets from what I've seen... |
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SasookJoin Date: 2009-03-07
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@Ry,
It's because of oil CEOs lobbying conservatives to vote against any advertisement or funding or subsidies for alternate fuel sources.
But now that they're receiving funding from the Obama Administration as well as private companies, they are making significant progress. |
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SasookJoin Date: 2009-03-07
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Well, Oil is still big in NASA's rockets from what I've seen...
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NASA uses hydrogen to power their rockets. |
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RyplayerJoin Date: 2007-07-06
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NASA are already investing massive amounts of research into using liquid hydrogen as a fuel for space exploration. Its already used in individual rocket stages and was used in a propellant combination in the space shuttle. |
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Person299Join Date: 2008-02-28
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I wonder how many billions of dollars this is going to cost the taxpayers? |
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RagEgniteJoin Date: 2011-11-28
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@Sasuke
Close enough. ;P |
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SasookJoin Date: 2009-03-07
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NASA also perfected a reactor that removes carbon from trash. |
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SasookJoin Date: 2009-03-07
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I wonder how many billions of dollars this is going to cost the taxpayers?
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Military thing will cost nothing.
The road thing will most likely come from defense spending cuts. |
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RyplayerJoin Date: 2007-07-06
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Pepper, why do you constantly go on about tax? A small 50c increase in tax isn't going to bankrupt you and remove you from your upper-middle class lifestyle, get a grip. |
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SasookJoin Date: 2009-03-07
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(That's not pepper)
But he is being rather pessimistic about this. |
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RyplayerJoin Date: 2007-07-06
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Sorry I confuse them both all the time |
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SasookJoin Date: 2009-03-07
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Ya, they both seem very concerned with their upper middle-class income being taken by the big oppressive government. |
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