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228 comments on DrumBeat: March 10, 2008

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theantidoomer on March 10, 2008 - 4:24pm

Wow, Cherenkov, thanks for not providing something helpful on my question and posting a unrelated answer, thanks! Anywho, here's a article on how indium could be replace by carbon nanotubes.

http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201201762

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jokuhl on March 10, 2008 - 5:53pm

Antidoomer;
To be fair, what Cherenkov just did, pulling a grand (in this case negative) conclusion from a single article, as if that said it all, is the same tactic that a number of your posts get so attacked for. I think there's an implication in them that says 'So there. Here's an alleged solution. What energy problem?' Even if that's not really your intention, it is the subtext that I sense from them again and again, and it doesn't usually offer much beyond a sort of Adamant Triumphalism, as opposed to simply hopefulness.

Respectfully,
Bob

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BrianT on March 10, 2008 - 7:12pm

Anti: All this talk about the GIANT solar power industry. The solar power industry is a shrimp predicted to be a giant. This shrimp has been predicted to be a giant for quite a while now. Cherenkov was making a good point-a shrimp growing quickly does not a giant make.

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jokuhl on March 10, 2008 - 9:26pm

Cherenkov is happy any time he can howl about Cars being evil.

I generally find Alan Drake's way of putting it much more convincing and productive, which is to say that Electric rail and Bikes make more sense than EVs. Adding a lot of exclamation marks and bold-type makes cherenkov's arguments weaker, not stronger. Misspent Energy, if you will.

Bob