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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
The closer we get to the day, and the worse the economy gets, the less I'm looking forward to it. Because as much as this country needs to change its habits, vis-a-vis energy usage, work habits, efficiency, recycling, and curbing pollution, as the economy gets worse the political rhetoric is giving up on green and increasingly talking about preserving the status quo, in order to not scare voters.
At this rate, I'll be surprised if either candidate can maintain a green platform into November, or into their administration.
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Changing habits is all about one thing- money. Gasoline? Well, internal combustion engines run very well on hydrogen- take your standard car engine, put good seals on it, and it's ready to burn hydrogen. Hydrogen is a safer fuel, too- in a fiery wreck, it doesn't spray all over and stick on things, and people. Only problem is storage and distribution. Oh, and the petrol kings would lose their good profits....But I don't see much money being put into research to make hydrogen a viable fuel.
Pollution is almost a non-issue. Pollution is a cost of production- make the producers pay to eliminate it. Oh, but that alsways seems to upset the industrialist class.
Anyways, the real cure for many environmental and industrial ills is simply to lower the numbers of humans living on earth. But no one wants to touch that political hot potato....