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Old 2007-12-27, 05:26   Link #127
edf91
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Originally Posted by Anh_Minh View Post
They're "dormant" because they're not economical. The natural rise of the oil prices, along with the maturation of the technologies involved in alternative energy sources, will change that. An embargo would be quite redundant, and more hindrance than help.
I think his point was that there are several technology that is "ready" for adaptation, but wasn't taken seriously because of "no need", and when there is no need, there is no infrastructure to support it, hence "not economical." There is always a huge cost when rolling out something like this, and some people dislike change. Just look at Gundam 00 - if you break the solar receiver, you are done. The major reason people even bothered was because they dislike the change, not to mention the fact that it would transfer the position of power to someone else (Union or UN, in the case in Gundam 00).

Unless some big corporation or countries are willing to push for the change, nothing would ever happen. In the world of Gundam 00, seems like UN (maybe Union and HRL) is forcing the issue, instead of using the "market" to decide.
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