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Dystopi@? Think efficiency!

It seems that all energy solutions can be made to appear ultimately dystopical, once examined. are they? Who's actually doing this examining & for whom?  Big Oil by & for itself? Seriously.

What's the downside of sun-power? That it only sucks sun in when it can see it? Then network the receptors all around the planet, working in phased relays.

Ditto wind, waves, rivers, etc.  Existing energy grids already do all this now.

Let's get real, ultimately it's a geo-planetary matter, not just semi-planetary/regional.

Of course, if you secretly want to kill off  'lesser' races, you can do it deftly by deliberately underserving them with relevant, useable energy, lettiing 'em fry under the blazing sun., etc.

Of course, all of this also demands prudent use. The current ads on TV here (S.F. Bay) are pushing changing over to those squat, curled flourescent bulbs as being the equvalent to taking thousands of cars off the road. Well, how's about taking all those excess/inefficient cars off, too! Double the saving. Ride the bus or better, light-rail.

Objection: people would resent having less mobility. Answer: They'd cope, you know they would.  More would ride bikes for short trips., add side-baskets for small shopping,  pull a cart for bigger shopping. (I do all of these.) Plus, ask friends for lifts for even bigger stuff. Efficiency means choosing the appropriate means/tool for a specific task, not the same tool (a 4-dr sedan car) for all possible tasks. I now expect a disingenuous caroidal rebuttal.
 

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