It would be great if the US could cut down on oil consumption, particularly for the environment, but again, we are discussing completely different economies. Being a net exporter would not have the same effect. I think it is unreasonable to compare $300 billion GDP countries with a $13000 billion GDP country.
I agree that the Nordic countries have a good setup, but these countries are nowhere near the economic or physical size of the US. They also have oil resources which make a huge difference on a per capita basis.
It is a nice idea, but I think the application of these economic systems on the U.S. is complete fail... in this century anyway.
The methods described in this article are safer and quite different. I agree that WIRED is wrong in making it appear that nothing like this has been done in a decade, but this is a significant find and not just redundant work.
Articles related to stem cell research, and especially those published in Science, often receive press regardless of which institution did the research - I don't think the coverage is because it's from Harvard.
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It would be great if the US could cut down on oil consumption, particularly for the environment, but again, we are discussing completely different economies. Being a net exporter would not have the same effect. I think it is unreasonable to compare $300 billion GDP countries with a $13000 billion GDP country.
The question is not an ideal, 'what it gains,' but whether it is practical. And it is not.
I agree that the Nordic countries have a good setup, but these countries are nowhere near the economic or physical size of the US. They also have oil resources which make a huge difference on a per capita basis.
It is a nice idea, but I think the application of these economic systems on the U.S. is complete fail... in this century anyway.
The methods described in this article are safer and quite different. I agree that WIRED is wrong in making it appear that nothing like this has been done in a decade, but this is a significant find and not just redundant work. Articles related to stem cell research, and especially those published in Science, often receive press regardless of which institution did the research - I don't think the coverage is because it's from Harvard.