Comments on: Ruminations on Oil http://publicfuturesblog.com/2009/12/20/ruminations-on-oil/ Insights to the Future TODAY! Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:18:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Tom Devine http://publicfuturesblog.com/2009/12/20/ruminations-on-oil/#comment-34 Tom Devine Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:03:21 +0000 http://publicfuturesblog.com/?p=343#comment-34 What is shameful is that we prolong our dependency and continue to find "just enough" and forstall rapidly implementing new energy sources. Fifty years ago I was a development engineer at Pratt and Whitney. My last activity prior to transferring to another division was working on a fuel cell to provide electrical power to the Apolla spacecraft. At that time we predicted that the fuel cell would be the next step to power automobiles. That was fifty years ago. I heard a discussion on TV relative to nuclear. The person speaking against nuclear was doing so because it could, again be used as a weapon. Any thing can be used as a weapon. The most signifficant weapon we possess is what I'm using now, that is my voice and written comments. We need to use our intellect and not let fear rule us. Consider that fear and continue moving forward with verifiable safeguards to thwart the mis-use of technology. What is shameful is that we prolong our dependency and continue to find “just enough” and forstall rapidly implementing new energy sources. Fifty years ago I was a development engineer at Pratt and Whitney. My last activity prior to transferring to another division was working on a fuel cell to provide electrical power to the Apolla spacecraft. At that time we predicted that the fuel cell would be the next step to power automobiles. That was fifty years ago.

I heard a discussion on TV relative to nuclear. The person speaking against nuclear was doing so because it could, again be used as a weapon. Any thing can be used as a weapon. The most signifficant weapon we possess is what I’m using now, that is my voice and written comments.

We need to use our intellect and not let fear rule us. Consider that fear and continue moving forward with verifiable safeguards to thwart the mis-use of technology.

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