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Originally Posted by renormalised
The reason why.....the politics of greed (power, influence and money). In other words....the coal mining companies and the oil companies: Exxon, Caltex, BP, AGIP, Chevron, etc etc (notice who owns most of these companies), along with their government flunkies.
They really couldn't give a damn if this planet went to hell in a hand basket, just so long as they benefited from it they'd be happy.
Solar power free....that I totally agree with and it should be implemented as soon as it can possibly be done.
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I'd like to make a few observations...
1) Politics of greed. Everyone is guilty, and I mean everyone... why? See 2)
2) Ownership of the "big" companies. Citizen investors (i.e. you and me)
3) Corporations and government are made up of people, thus you are stating that no one gives a damn
4) Solar Power is not "free", even if it is given away by the government. I pay WAY to much tax, which in turn is wasted by government. I'd rather keep more of my money and make my own decisions as to how to spend it... (thus, I confirm and affirm (1) to be true)...
5) The amount of energy required to make a solar panel does not pay back (from a greenhouse gas point of view) for 3 years.
Final point does not relate strictly to the use of solar, but to the realization that petroleum will ALWAYS have a place in society. Don't believe me? Then I'd suggest you look online for wooden keyboards, wooden tires and wooden shoes... Keyboards, tires and most shoes are made with petroleum by-products, along with an almost infinite amount of other "everyday" items.
OIC!
<disclaimer: I work for an Exploration and Production Company, the one mentioned as "etc etc"
and have investments in all of the others mentioned, except ENI (parent of Agip)>
FYI (semi-interesting facts... or maybe not...): Caltex is a Brand name of Chevron, not a "Company" per se. Exxon is actually the ExxonMobil Corporation, who's roots date back to "Standard Oil" of the late 1800's.
