Reply #38: Hydroelectric? Wind?

[SlackJawedYokel]

Clean-burning coal?
Solar?
Sex?
:D
Or a mix of all of the above?
(just so long as we can stop the TVA from constructing more nuclear power plants)

Most of our oil goes into plastics and fertilizer.
Your point being?
That somehow there isn't a problem because "most of our oil" isn't put into our vehicles?
Fact is that the oil that goes into making that plastic and fertilizer isn't the same quality as the stuff that goes into our cars, which requires more processing if it isn't light sweet.
The lowest grades of oil can be processed into plastics, etc. and *that* stuff will be around for a longer time.

Think about no more plastic bags and scarce groceries.
Gosh... reusable cloth bags and non-fertilizer-based "organic" farming...
Hmm... sounds plausible to *me*.

Most people won't have enough window boxes to grow their own food.
Sounds like people will need to move closer to the food, don't it?
Or wait... maybe Fred the non-fertilizer-based farmer can set up shop at the local farmers market instead?
Heck, he can even drive his converted cooking oil diesel truck into town to do it. :D

Being cynical doesn't solve problems.

Cletus