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Robert Bryce: 'Energy independence' is a ludicrous myth
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It doesn't appear to me that Mr. Bryce is doing anything like recommending that we do nothing. It seems that he is recommending that we operate with a better understanding of the true nature of challenge we face. That we not, for example, pursue dead ends (like cord-based ethanol) or suppose we can have any meaningful effect very soon...or very easily.
Whatever the truth is and however difficult it may be to determine, I'm always more interested in it than anything else.
Of course it would be best if all of this could be accomplished in a private market, but we've abandoned that long ago, so such must be done in the public arena. You'll likely disagree with me, but at least you might agree that transportation must be discussed in the same breath with energy use.
Whatever transportation fuel solutions we try must be able to replace the diesel of big-rigs. That's the really difficult piece of the puzzle.
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So-called energy independence doesn't come with a few simple solutions and a few years of minor discomfort. There are a lot of pieces that get you a percent here, two percent there, half a percent there. Over time, you can make a difference. It's easy for characters like Bryce to claim that a single piece doesn't do the job and then extend that to the whole effort.
It took a century for the U.S. to get itself in such a pickle, and it's going to take a very long time and a lot of work to get out. All the more reason to start now. There is no choice, unless you call hiding under the bed a choice.