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Old May 22nd 06, 07:13 PM posted to sci.space.policy,sci.space.history,sci.space.station
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Default ...Lesson for Nasa! US Airmail and Aviation

Alan Anderson ) wrote:
: wrote:

: ...tidal and geothermal are
: cost-effective in only a few particularly favorable places,...
:
: Oil isn't exactly available everywhere either.

: One of the things that makes petroleum-based fuel so damned attractive
: today is that it *is* available pretty much everywhere, and it doesn't
: take a large infrastructure to use it. It's a conveniently energy-dense
: liquid, suitable for transportation by foot, by pipeline, or by any
: standard cargo carrier. Anywhere you need it, you can get it there, and
: you can use it without much fanfare.

You mean the infrastructure for oil already exists (i.e. refeineries,
travel routes, established business conteacts, etc.).

There isn't huge incentive to switch over to something like solar and wind
power that can't be as well measured as a barrel of oil. Gasohol might be
an exception and will probably be in more demand given curent gas prices.

: (Okay, Antarctic winters are cold enough that freezing is a problem, but
: that's an edge case.)