Halum, Problems make our life exciting. Solving them give us a high. This generation has to grapple with a feeding frenzy on resources as new boys are growing up with enormous appetite. China has no qualms with consuming like uncle sam, though we are moderate in our expectations.
Renewable energy is the name of the game. We should cut the umbilical cord from fossil fuels. We have to grow up. One way is solving the problem when oil shoots up. Gazpom president Miller is predicting $250 oil. That will make solar cheap. Let us just take his word for it and once solar energy is commercialised, that will solve the problem. Remote villages can be grid free and even feed the excess to the grid! It is harmless and ever renewable. Israel has a plant that tilts towards the sun so that maximum production is possible.
In the automobile field, fuel efficiency is the order of the day. Within two years almost all who matter are putting up hybrids, plug-ins. Even a Japanese company is tying up with the majors on running on water, even sea-water. When you go dry, fill up with one liter of water and go another 60kms. Maybe we can use our own if some privacy can be assured! So drink water and run the car!
With such possibilities it is plain suicide to sign on a deal that is alcatraz, guantanamo combined. We are bartering away our future to be second class forever, while others will just thumb their nosses at our stupidity. Let us even starve than become such no-hoppers.
