Posted by manualblock [ 69.112.69.86 ] on April 05, 2005 at 08:26:15:
In Reply to: Re: relocating posted by wunhuanglo on April 04, 2005 at 20:30:47:
Haven't seen any mention of the huge SUV totems wandering the streets burning up all that precious fuel we want to conserve. There seems to be a pervading myth about the space program and the supposed massive effort made back then to coordinate across all lines of government to accomplish dominance of the skies. If you look at the history, there was much resistance to spending programs in congress and in fact the total outlay is much smaller than would be expected. We just remmember as kids watching the launches with awe and assume this was a concerted effort by concerned and scientifically aware citizenry approving any spending that NASA asked for. Not true.
And now you have schools trying to teach creationism and universities filled with cockeyed marxists and bored students. If there is a serious effort to create new energy sources it won't be done in this country; there is too much money involved in perpetuating the status quo. And now the money has run out while we prop up foriegn countries where we need their oil. What is the percentage in spending on research?
Suburbs? The highest growth rates are in regions where there is no water; Vegas,Pheonix,Florida. It is not an oil shortage that will get us, it is water.
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