.@USATODAY Charcoal can also replace coal in power plants, it just burns cleaner & hotter. Or it can adsorb compressed natural gas.
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@USATODAY yeah let's get oil prices up. We can't have the people on fixed incomes actually driving anywhere. Poor ass oil producers...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@USATODAY Nevertheless energy will soon be like fire & the wheel, absolutely critical but invisible & owned by everyoneThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@USATODAY Fortunately for oil/gas/coal, figuring out how to defang all the other products of that tech was much harder than inventing itThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@USATODAY If we just wanted to crash global energy markets, this would have been paired w/cheap room-temp superconducting power cellsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@USATODAY Not remotely the greatest invention in this sequence, but by far the safest to put in public domain. So here it is.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@USATODAY Someone *has* been saying this for a while; since 6/23/14 - exactly 1 day before Brent Crude peaked & began its crashThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@USATODAY And that's why we're already talking about $20/barrel oil. That, & a panic when everyone figures it out at once.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@USATODAY Anyone left in oil will be selling feedstocks & lubricants. For a company, not a country, that's still immense.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@USATODAY The Saudis can still undersell that price & make a substantial profit. Few others can.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@USATODAY So, oil with an effective cap of $25/barrel or lower vs solar & natural gas that are practically free.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@USATODAY With all that implies for energy, commodities, inflation and the economy. And human welfare.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@USATODAY Cut the most basic expenses behind agriculture/manufacturing & add billions to global trade w/real wealth to offerThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@USATODAY A moral imperative generating vast global wealth – perfect for anyone wanting to trade with those emerging economiesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@USATODAY Clean, almost free fuel/fertilizer/electricity for world’s poor is the best investment imaginableThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@USATODAY Recycle key waste streams & you have raw materials for 3D printers/CNCs/RepRaps.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@USATODAY The greatest cost to recycling metal, paper, plastic & glass? Again, raw heat, now virtually free.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@USATODAY Effectively free heat beyond the melting point of glass, recycled copper & 3D printing means solar panels for everyoneThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@USATODAY Clean energy? Raw heat & sand makes pure-silica solar panels; less efficient than rare earth, but literally printableThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@USATODAY Assuming you still *want* oil, with clean natural gas generating limitless electricity or pure-silica solar panelsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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