Comment Re:Well... (Score 1) 500
LibreOffice/Lucha Libre -> "Libre" is the common demoninator, that's why LibreOffice made me think of Lucha Libre, and it's not nearly as stupid as WWE
That is why even diesel locomotives run a generator and use electric motors to haul a train.
It's certainly *a* reason, but not the only reason. Electric motors are easier to control (think traction management) and they also eliminate the need for a complex transmission.
Clean, renewable energy is the way of the future.
Though it's nice to have and good for the environment, we don't even need 'renewable' energy. Safe and clean nuclear energy technology that produces very little waste already exists and has been proven. Any waste can be safely managed, but for some reason clean and safe nuclear power generation does not seem to be much of a priority.
"We don't want new sources of energy that are going to make the greenhouse gas problem even worse," House Oversight Committee Chairman Henry Waxman, D-Calif., said in a recent interview.
Despite CA getting tons of attention by being 'clean' and having stringent air quality laws, Big Oil still has a huge presence there and operates several refineries.
Why do politics always have to get in the way of real progress?
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