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In reply to the discussion: The U.S. Navy Just Announced The End Of Big Oil And No One Noticed [View all]TransitJohn
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The U.S. Navy Just Announced The End Of Big Oil And No One Noticed [View all]
Katashi_itto
Nov 2014
OP
We're already putting far more CO2 into the oceans than this could pull out
muriel_volestrangler
Nov 2014
#29
That actually won't be a problem due to the rising concentration of CO2 worldwide, due to human
AtheistCrusader
Nov 2014
#71
It went from 360 to 390 PPM in 10 years last decade. And this doesn't add to it.
AtheistCrusader
Nov 2014
#74
You say that as if over-saturating the oceans with CO2 doesn't have any consequences.
AtheistCrusader
Nov 2014
#81
Then Exxon and the other bastards are gonna charge you to truck sea water to your car.
Hoppy
Nov 2014
#5
That type of model engine runs on alcohol and possibly added nitromethane, not jet fuel or gasoline
Fumesucker
Nov 2014
#20
This is just too cool. Thanks for posting, I missed it when the news first broke.
RiverLover
Nov 2014
#8
That's true, and I think the earlier objections didn't mean 'greenhouse', specifically but some
AtheistCrusader
Nov 2014
#86
Nuclear power is almost like solar in that the $$$ cost of the fuel isn't what makes it expensive.
hunter
Nov 2014
#46
It would be cheaper for land transportation to use electricity from the nuclear plants
muriel_volestrangler
Nov 2014
#30
And water used in this process doesn't cease to exist. It goes right back into the hydrologic cycle
AtheistCrusader
Nov 2014
#72
The US could build desalination plants like much of the rest of the world
nationalize the fed
Nov 2014
#58
Ummm ... no, it didn't. It found an expensive way to convert one form of energy to another.
eppur_se_muova
Nov 2014
#37
The new Fuel Cell Cars allow for all the driving anyone wants to do
nationalize the fed
Nov 2014
#57
Yes, this is mainly a way to make nuclear aircraft carriers more self-sufficient
caraher
Nov 2014
#59