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Why continue to focus on hydrocarbons?
March 6, 2008 by Anonymous, 1 year 35 weeks ago
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The Sun has provided the solar system with energy for 4 billion odd years and is good for another few billion years, at least - so it is a very dependable source.
We should focus our effort on a way to channel the Sun's energy to the earth rather than try to figure out how to transport methane and other hydrocarbon's from 756 million miles away. We probably don't have to go very far into space to harness the Sun's energy. It's a lot easier than undertaking the logistics of moving methane from Titan.