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I can't really call Bush a failure. that's because he has been more successful than anybody in history at stealing. he has stolen for his cronies and his friends and family more money, lives, oil, rights, and who knows what else than anybody in the history of the world. now THAT is an ACCOMPLISHMENT.

al gore gave a great speech this week. basically he said we could kill 3 birds with one stone. we have 3 problems. We are borrowing money from china to wage a war in iraq for oil that destroys the environment if we burn it.

If we change over to 100% non-carbon based energy such as wind and solar (which we have the technology to do now) 1. we would stop polluting. 2. we would stop sending money to the middle east. 3. we would not need to wage war to get oil, which would save us a billion dollars a day, which we wouldn't have to borrow from china, 4. we would create a frenzy of new innovation and development as our whole economy switches over to this new type of energy. whole new companies will form that we never thought of, just like when the internet came online.

think of it. no price per gallon anymore because you charge your car with the sun. wouldn't that be nice? and that's just one tiny little thing.

i can't wait!

oh and it basically does all 4 of the things you asked in your question. so that's 4 birds with one stone.

its not an opinion that 1. there is abundant energy around us. and 2. the sun drops enough energy to completely take care of all all our annual energy needs, including transportation too, in 40 minutes, onto the planet.

that's a scientific fact.

i'm not saying chop down all the trees and put up solar collectors, but lets be reasonable. there's solar paint now, you could put on your car or house, to turn it into a solar collector...

the sun shines approximately 3500 watts per square meter, on the average, onto the planet.

that means if you had efficient solar collecting roofing shingles, efficient solar collecting drapes, solar collecting glass on your house and car, solar energy collecting asphalt roads, driveways, parking lots, we'd find such a glut of energy, that the cost per kilowatt would just go down to practically $0 just like with computation and communication via the internet. who wouldn't want that? who is biased if they want that? to me there are two groups. 1. the board members of exxon, 2. the saudi prince. and 3. all of the rest of us. so yes. i guess i'm biased against the exxon boardroom

yeah. even more than that. now, if the government built an "electricity superhighway" that anybody could get onto, then imagine. i could purchase 100 acres in the middle of the desert and set up my own solar power plant, then hook up and be making money right away.

but even if somebody merely developed solar energy collecting asphalt, imagine what would happen if the surface of all streets, parking lots, sidewalks, etc, could collect energy?

there's a building going up in dubai that collects 3 times more energy than it needs (see my previous questions to see a link)... once we make the switch, and power costs less, and people are less sick, and the climate starts to calm down a little, we'll wonder why we allowed the huge interests to hold us back so long.

http://podcastle.org had a story relating to this question, PC014: The Grand Cheat.

the solution here, is to just cheat. a good lawyer can easily find a way around your problem.

for example, you say i could grant wishes (does that mean give them to others?) and also i can make my own wishes, but lose a day of my life per wish? no problem!

Just change the definition of day. "i wish for "day" to mean no time at all." or "i wish to be immortal, eternal and have infinite life, until i so decide to change my mind on that" of course the nice thing about infinity, is infinite days minus 1 day still equals infinite days.

just the world? not the universe? just this universe, not all of them? it would be fun as long as it doesn't end up being boring like haull thinks it might.

apparently there's voice control for each floor by the occupants....

i just worry about if they sell more than one apartment for a floor. will there be fights? lawsuits?

you live in a building that moves, like these?

*Whap!* No seconds for YOU!

I just watched a talk at TED.com where the speaker pointed out we have hardly barely really really barely skimmed the surface in ocean exploration... he showed some amazing video. we need museums just so people can learn and see about maritime and all other history.