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Only problem is it's not completely perfect, and no matter how awful the current situation, due to lobbyists and special interest groups, we'll never be able to replace oil with something short of COMPLETELY PERFECT, until it simply runs out.

You'd think people would realize that while nuclear, or wind, or solar, are imperfect, each one is better than fossil fuels.

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Except in terms of migration cost.

This is a relevant point, but 1: that's not their objections 2: it will have to be done sooner or later. If the cost is fixed, do it sooner and rack up more savings during 'later'.

Now, if you can show me that migrating to wind or solar or nuclear will be much much easier, cheaper, simpler and more efficient if we do it 10 years from now instead of next year, then it might be a good idea to wait.

For solar that might actually be true, for wind I'd be more surprized if we went from the current cost per Watt of installed power to a much smaller fraction.

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