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Re:Texas Is About to Create OPEC’s Worst Nightmare by andrewflnr on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @04:48PM (#18506384)
It may not be fast, but wind power is a proven technology for that application.
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Re:Texas Is About to Create OPEC’s Worst Nightmare by goatlover on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @05:05PM (#18506486)
It’s also not as economical. If your competitor uses shipping that’s weeks faster and more reliable, then you’re not staying in business long.
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Re:Texas Is About to Create OPEC’s Worst Nightmare by rcMgD2BwE72F on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @05:24PM (#18506593)
At some point, we'll make shipping companies pay for their heavy externalities (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Externality#Negative) and we'll have to choose between slow, clean and cheap or fast, dirty and expensive.
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Re:Texas Is About to Create OPEC’s Worst Nightmare by stjohnswarts on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @06:58PM (#18507009)
Shipping (boats onna water) aren't the 90% problem to solve, that is all on land. You solve that before you worry about the other 10%
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Re:Texas Is About to Create OPEC’s Worst Nightmare by mrpopo on Thursday November 22, 2018 @01:56AM (#18508358)
Nothing is a "90% problem", even on land.

Tankers' environmental impact is disastrous, although they actually are comparatively quite CO2-efficient for shipping goods. It's just that there is so many of them now.

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