It is very rare that athletes have no copies of the fast twitch gene.

Please. Gelatin is what collagen is made out of, it has many benefits for joints with no equivalent in plants.

But if there was, you could safely bet that particle physics would get more money.

Without the big scary threat, I bet climate scientists would actually have to come up with real predictions, of say next years weather.

I doubt that the same amount of money, (billions!) would be paid out to the same scientists if not for global warming.

How about the Former Department of Homeland Security? Because it should be dismantled.

You make sense. Ok, so I may have been guilty of wishful thinking.

On the other hand, most places in the country don't have the 300 days of sunshine a year that Colorado typically has. So you probably won't get anywhere near the theoretical maximum efficiency. Cloudy day? You only get half the power. Dark overcast? You might get 10% power. That makes it impractical even more people.

Yes, there's some subsidies for fossil fuels. The strategic reserve is mostly just recognizing the fact that we depend on it to a very large extent for our day to day lives. No energy source is subsidy free. (ok maybe the Rossi e-cat. :D ).

It's not possible to find proven oil reserves, because drilling has never been allowed in certain areas.

1. A bunch of oil rigs have left the gulf due to regulatory issues with the Obama government, and a few more will likely leave if things dont improve. http://biggovernment.com/kmooney/2011/07/20/ten-oil-rigs-have-exited-the-gulf-of-mexico-since-president-obamas-moratorium-went-into-effect/

2. ANWR http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Refuge_drilling_controversy#Estimates_of_oil_reserves

3. The outer continental shelf http://www.boemre.gov/revaldiv/RedNatAssessment.htm

All places where there's oil, but no drilling is allowed.

So it's not suitable for wildlife, no people live there, it's not scenic. Sounds like if we have to tolerate oil spills, an area like that would be the place.

What do you mean? Lots of companies were chased off from drilling in the gulf coast after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

It's not a question of eventuality, it's a question of what should be the highest priority now. Solar power is not there yet as a replacement for fossil fuels. The strategic reserve is just a temporary buffer nothing more, There is also a fair amount of subsidies for solar panels all over the US. The reason is that solar panels are _not_ a sound investment, even if you have the money. http://www.weatherimagery.com/blog/solar-panels-cost-effective/

Seriously though, Google absolutely needs the competition. I hope MS acquires Y! and does something good with it.

Fossil fuels are mainly subsidized with tax breaks on exploration, do elaborate on how you think they're subsidized.

Fossil fuels run the country though. On the other hand, renewables use a huge amount of subsidies and don't even provide all that much power at present, or even in the immediate future.

It's good enough for slashdot. Oh, and this is not even counting the potential deposits that nobody is allowed to drill yet.