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Originally Posted by 12thMan
You've basically nailed this whole energy argument down in one post.
Who and how can we get big Oil to bring solutions to the table when their profits are just fine the way they are?
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They key is to obviously make their profits better in some way. There has to be a serious carrot for them. Big oil isn't evil, they have no emotions other than a desire for more money. Make it so they can make more money with alternate fuels and that's what will happen. And quickly. With a big enough carrot I bet we could be 50% alternate fuels in 10 years. But it will need to be a serious carrot. And one that weakens barriers to entry within the energy market. If some mid level company can figue out a way to make hydrogen work and has the capacity to market it and sell it then big oil will have to follow suit. Just throwing hydrogen out there as an example.