Sunday, July 20, 2008

For The Man Who Does Not Have To Do It


A blog about US politics has this comment:

The time for talk is over. We can't drill our way out of this and
both his and Gore's plan point us in the right direction. We need to just do
it.
I got news for him. If we can't drill our way out of our
immediate problems, there is no immediate solution. Why? It is a matter
of logistics and infrastructure. Our experience with the transition from wood to
coal and coal to oil is instructive. Those transitions took about 75 to 100
years. Why? Whole new methods of production and infrastructure had to be
developed. It is a problem of capital and logistics.
Just to get a 15 year transition we would have to build all the support industry
all at once. That will take around 5 years provided we know exactly what we
want.

Which just goes to show that nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't
have to do it.


There are a couple of things to do while working towards change:

1. Do not panic
2. Drill for more oil

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