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tycho102 · 09-21-05, 07:37 PM

I view global warming the same way I view abortion.

I'd rather make contraception mandatory, both male and female. Just integrate it into our public school program and have everbody get a shot of Depo-Provera. Remove the question of abortion. Run an end-around the abortion issue.

Regardless of whether or not we are "warming" the planet, I want us off petroleum combustion. Period. That includes combusting our own petroleum, but mostly, it means not supporting OPEC. Since petroleum is really just an energy storage unit, much like the fat in your body, I would rather use hydrogen as our storage unit. I would like to use nuclear reactors (including "breeder" reactors) to generate the energy, and use the energy to generate the hydrogen on site. It's just a better system, no matter how you look at it; safety, infrastructure, performance. As a secondary issue, we need a high-temperature superconductive transmission grid to connect the entire nation. Run an end-around global warming.

09-21-05, 07:37 PM	#9
tycho102 Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,100 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I view global warming the same way I view abortion. I'd rather make contraception mandatory, both male and female. Just integrate it into our public school program and have everbody get a shot of Depo-Provera. Remove the question of abortion. Run an end-around the abortion issue. Regardless of whether or not we are "warming" the planet, I want us off petroleum combustion. Period. That includes combusting our own petroleum, but mostly, it means not supporting OPEC. Since petroleum is really just an energy storage unit, much like the fat in your body, I would rather use hydrogen as our storage unit. I would like to use nuclear reactors (including "breeder" reactors) to generate the energy, and use the energy to generate the hydrogen on site. It's just a better system, no matter how you look at it; safety, infrastructure, performance. As a secondary issue, we need a high-temperature superconductive transmission grid to connect the entire nation. Run an end-around global warming.