If we turned away from oil to fuel our passenger cars, how much more electricity would we need in the US, and how would we generate it? Would our country build more coal-fired electricity plants? Would we need 3 times as many nuclear powered electricity plants as we have today? I don’t know the answer, but do believe it isn’t found in coal or nuclear, The really smart people in our country need to think this out.
I don’t believe the answer will be born out of an oil company or a mining company. I do believe our government must play a part to provide funding to spur on the research needed to find the answer. I believe our tax code needs to be used to provide an advantage during ramp up to firms that are pushing advances in solar and wind generated electricity, and long-life batteries. No government subsidies should go to coal and oil companies. Our bets need to be placed on new technologies, not old ones that keep us dependant upon a natural resource that our country does not have enough of, or one that fouls the air and kills our planet.
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