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> a history of backing projects that sound as though they belong in science fiction movies.... mining asteroids... trips to the moon... driverless cars and... green energy projects.

So green energy is on par with trips to the moon?



> So green energy is on par with trips to the moon?

Providing renewable energy on the same scale as fossil fuels is at least as hard a problem as the Apollo program. We've got a long way to go. Graph for the US: http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/annual/pdf/sec1_6.pdf


What the...? Going to the moon is science fiction? I guess the 20th century didn't exist.




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