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Friday, August 12, 2011

Will Technology Save us from Peak Oil?

Will Technology Save us from Peak Oil?

Let's face it! The whole fossil fuel thing widespread use of coal, oil, and natural gas could not have happened without technological advances. Without the steam engine, the coal age would have been limited to a handful of people living near surface coal seams and burning coal for heat and cooking, and perhaps a little metal smelting. All the rest of the industrial age the internal combustion engine and nearly everything else grew out of some technological development coupled and the abundant energy from fossil fuels.
So entranced are we with the constant advances in technology many among us
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