Today, the Israel government drove a knife (well a tiny dagger for sure) into the backs of Koch, the American Petroleum Institute, the Coal producers/sellers in the US, Germany and Australia, the Oil Lobby, and the Arabs. Israel wants off coal and oil pronto. They looked around and said, crap!, we are dependent on pipelines through arab neighbors and delivery by ship, both vulnerable if stuff hits the fan. They voted 5 billion $ asap to shade thousands of Hebrews roofs with electron generating PV solar panels & mini wind mills. Out in the desert big wind turbines and giant solar thermal plants to run at night. Wow, some must be reeling at the Jews showing a Kosher pair. I bet Koch wishes he never loaned New York City all his Moore sculptures, or underwrote re-furbing part of the Kennedy Center, all that to impress the Jews and this is how they repay it. If the most highly educated minority in the world decides to go renewable for security shouldn't we be looking at this as urgent too? Doesn't this say something about believing in science, about proactive risk mitigation? Does it turn you on when I use all those buzz words? Proactive! Sorry if I'm abusing it now.
Yes we should (be looking at this as urgent, too).
ReplyDeleteWant to hear a possible side effect of being the last country to get the message? If everybody else gets off the dirty stuff it will get cheaper (as demand plunges). Which could cause us to take even longer.
I guess the windmills would have to be along the Med. coast - unless the Negev has winds.
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Kev,
ReplyDeleteThis is true, and it is "the" inconvenient truth. Now, wash your mouth with organic soap for bringing up such a nasty thing.
Sarge,
ReplyDeleteI don't know where the wind is there. If they have the wind like they have religious hatred, the bearings won't last long on those turbines.