re: #30 wrenchwench

The problems are money and politics, more than technology. Capitalism will have to take a back seat to survival. But if you say that to a capitalist, they assume you just want their money and their power.

Not necessarily. Capitalism can push the technology forward while making money, and will as soon as the cost of fossil fuels is higher than the cost of alternative energy sources. The costs of oil production goes up because most of the easily accessible oil has already been tapped and what is left is harder to pull out of the ground and/or refine.

Once a few people start making billions off of alternative energy, the lemmings will rush to jump on the band wagon.