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mk  ·  4811 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Shale Gas Revolution - NYTimes.com
I saw this graphic on Bill Gate's site some time ago:

http://www.thegatesnotes.com/Topics/Energy/Catalyzing-Americ...

It's not hard to imagine that some of that defense budget could be switched over to Energy R&D. Especially with all the talk about how energy independence would make the US safer.

Fracking might be a breakthrough, but there are countless other breakthroughs out there if we chased after them. The US budget has structural problems that are killing innovation. They make fracking look like a godsend, but it doesn't have to be that way.