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You know, it's at times like this, when I'm stuck in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, about to die of asphyxiation in deep space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young,
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I've forgotten the quote.... all I can remember is something of the Vogon poetry. "Ode to a lump of green putty I found under my armpit one midsummer morning".
PS: I happen to love the Pickens plan as it gives the USA a bit more time to adapt to the shock of peak oil... but don't forget North American natural gas has already pretty much peaked. If you adopted the Pickens plan with a "war time economy" emergency budget, it's still not sustainable. You'll get some years of transport out of gas, but not a lot.
I guess I'm looking for a renewable civilisation running on renewable energy using renewable materials. Maybe nano-tech holds the keys. We'll see. Interesting times hey?
