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UndertheOcean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-10 03:41 PM
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A "Manhattan" project to respond to to the Spill , and dependence on Fossil Fuels :
Edited on Fri Jun-04-10 03:42 PM by UndertheOcean
1) How many people would it employ ?

2) why isn't it happening yet ? or is putting in that much resources only justifiable if the aim is war and destruction.

When the USA wanted to win the space race , they just did it ... isn't moving away from fossil fuels of more consequence to the future of humanity .

If humanity does not survive , or at least modern industrial civilization does not survive , what use is space travel.
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Scuba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-10 03:48 PM
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1. There's an old Chinese proverb that applies....
.... The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is today.
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UndertheOcean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-10 03:52 PM
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2. Great one , I am going to steal it n/t
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Scuba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-10 04:02 PM
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5. Be my guest. That's where I got it.
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Trillo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-10 03:52 PM
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3. Yes. (can't answer your other questions, thoughh)
It's possible that the Too Big To Fail banks are the root of the problem, there's just far too much pressure on those fronts keeping "business as usual".

A Manhattan type project for the development and perhaps more importantly the deployment of alternatives is exactly what is needed.
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skip fox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-10 04:00 PM
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4. For now a brain trust on site
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8484426
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