Comments by "Jim Taylor" (@jimtaylor294) on "Can Underwater Turbines Solve Our Energy Problems?" video.

  1. Being "anti fossil fuel" = being anti-oil. The simple fact that if not for oil, we'd have to be burning much more [less thermally effcient and dirtier] Coal, and without that... we'd be even more screwed, as the industrial revolution would've been impossible with charcoal and wood (not enough of it could be harvested to meet demand). Until we have something better readily available, oil is going nowhere, as we can't do very much without it.
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  2. I think you know what I meant by "Oil" :P. Crop Oils - as in farmable ones - certainly have their place, and I'm all for Tidal Power, but Oil will be around for some time to come.
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  3. ^ You must know it isn't that simple -_- . Several conditions have still to be met for Crop Oils before a straight up conversion would be viable: 1. Enough of it being grown to meet demand, which is still some time off. 1A. The quality of Biofuel being consistently high, which it isn't at present. 2. All applicable engines being modified to best run on it (no engine besides a Pulse Jet is truly "multi fuel", rather is best optimisable for one specific type). Like the domestic switchover from Coal Gas to Natural Gas in the '70's (UK), or the switch from Leaded Petrol to Unleaded, such a switch cannot be done overnight, and will require considerable investment. I think it worth persuing, but hopefully that illustrates part of why Oil will still be around for a while yet. With Petrol engines though, being optimised to run on a non-oil crop derivation, Alcahol, would meet condition 1 already. (given the sheer quantity of crops that can be used to make an industrial grade booze, and the vast amount already going spare everyday, due to wastage and being otherwise unfit for human consumption)
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