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NASA Reports Vast Hydrogen Reserves in Earth's Crust

Posted by timothy on from the consumption-of-mass-quantities dept.

Garin writes: "The Vancouver Sun is reporting that NASA scientists have discovered vast quantities of hydrogen stored in the Earth's crust while they were trying to explain the presence of living bacteria. Could this be the beginning of the end for our dependence on oil? I hope so."

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  1. linux by megaerwin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Linux sucks! Windows is betta!

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  2. "Virtually Inexaustable" by Royster · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    You know, they said the same thing when vast oil reserves were discovered. Economics tells us that if the supply of an item increases, then the price drops which leads to higher demand until a new supply-demand equilibrium is reached. With a new, cheap source of energy, usage will go through the roof.

    "Virtually Inexaustable", right. Never underestimate the wastefulness of people.

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  3. Re:Could it be? by david+duncan+scott · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    ...60% of its price as taxes...

    If the US really cared ... they would impose a large tax...

    So more than doubling the fuel price isn't enough? Jeez, how about every third tankfull explodes or something, would that be sufficient disincentive for you?
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