tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8402313340510847215.post2243541636147072298..comments2023-12-25T03:58:30.572-05:00Comments on Redshirt's Lament: Boom Times in Cloud CityRedshirthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05169722874358288378noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8402313340510847215.post-66480406742356601852011-01-23T14:53:56.880-05:002011-01-23T14:53:56.880-05:00True that. But I don't see us not using oil an...True that. But I don't see us not using oil anytime soon. Decades and decades of future use, at an ever rising price, no doubt.Redshirthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05169722874358288378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8402313340510847215.post-67177724905286452832011-01-23T09:50:40.505-05:002011-01-23T09:50:40.505-05:00Of course, if we could come up with some alternati...Of course, if we could come up with some alternative source of energy, we would completely pull the rug out from under these guys. And they can't do much on their own -- most of their labor and even their engineering is done by foreigners, who won't stick around for long when that cash flow dries up. (This same energy alternative, or even a more advanced electric car, would get Texas out of our face as well.)l.e.s.terhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07251693119393681714noreply@blogger.com