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5 Must Read Articles in Oil and Alternative Energy

PS to gabby, free market is great and I am really encouraged lately by discussion of many companies vying for the grid parity prize.
Also, emphasis on making the grid itself more efficient will be part of the story.

5 Must Read Articles in Oil and Alternative Energy

gabby, you're absolutely right about the ethanol susidy and it being a poor idea when we need food. I always mentally exclude ethanol as a viable alternative. Forgot to mention that. I was thinking of solar, where tas incentives have lapsed, and things like wind, geothermal, hydro in many forms, etc. I truly hope you are right about China making a quantum leap in coal to chemicals for a number of reasons.

5 Must Read Articles in Oil and Alternative Energy

Very fine compendium. I was especially interested in the points about Israel's plan to eliminate oil dependency, something America should be doing. There are so many alternatives, which added together can spell good bye middle east. Finally people are lookihg to the unlimited
potential of the ocean, like the gulf stream. Our biggest limitation is lack of imagination. Amat's approach is also very interesting. Now if the US Congress and Presidential administration would just match some the subsidies that go to aircraft and roads, we could really get some results in the alternatives to oil.
Coal to chemicals is actually a very, very old story.