Ringoes_Man

All of the Motor-Fuel Alternatives to Conventional Crude Oil Stink

Not exactly...

Solar energy is viable. While it's true that the sun doesn't shine all the time in a given spot, it does shine somewhere all the time. Also, most of the demand for electric energy is in the day time, when we are at work. Solar, daytime electric energy would reduce our need for carbon electric energy to the nighttime only; less than 1/3.

Geo-Thermal energy is everywhere. Dig a hole 4 feet deep and the temperature is a constant 50-55 degrees. Dig a hole a few hundred feet deep and the temperature is even higher. Five miles or more down and we are talking thousands of degrees. Pump water down there and up from there in an insulated pipe and you have free steam. Better yet, stick the steam driven electric turbine down there and just pump out the electricity.

Of course with all of these solutions there is an incredible up-front investment hurdle.

But, in just the past six years alone we spent $3Trillion to secure oil in Iraq and the Middle East. Had we spent that money at home, we could have placed solar panels on every roof in America, a bunch more in Death Valley, and bought every American household (80M households) an electric 'commuter' car.

So the problem is not technological, and it's not financial, it's political will.

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