https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/oil-has-got-to-go-now/ The expert help you need to live the greener, healthier life you want. Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:30:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/oil-has-got-to-go-now/#comment-1075 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:30:19 +0000 https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/oil-has-got-to-go-now/#comment-1075 Nuclear power will not relieve our dependence on oil, since oil is mostly used for transportation and nukes generate electricity. Even with the new Chevy Volt electric car coming onto the scene, we are a long way from powering our cars with atoms. The nation should set a crash course to convert used vegetable oil to fuel; to convert biowaste to fuel; to build mass transit; and to work with employers to help employees reduce transportation needs through carpooling, telecommuting, and flexible work schedules.

]]> https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/oil-has-got-to-go-now/#comment-1074 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:24:30 +0000 https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/oil-has-got-to-go-now/#comment-1074 While I can feel your passion for wanting to get off oil, that will probably be impossible to get off it completely. Every thing that is made out of plastic from milk bottles to the computer you wrote your blog post on is made from petroleum. It makes you wonder how we ever got along without plastic!
Part of the problem is that we don’t have a feasible alternative right now. Wind and solar don’t do all that oil does and is not reliable.
The big elephant in the room is nuclear energy. The environmentalist won’t let us build plants anymore and they are carbon neutral. Russia and China are building plants like crazy and are way ahead of us in being self sufficient in their energy goals. We still are talking about wind and solar and sound like cavemen using sticks compared to an army using guns.

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