the side of reason and rationality

My second favorite magazine, ranked only below Giant Robot, is New Scientist and in this special they weigh in with an election special looking at the candidates from the viewpoint of science and the politics of such.

Yet the perception that the world cannot do without oil is misguided. True, many of the alternatives, such as wind power, biofuels or a hydrogen economy, appear too impractical or distant to allow an immediate divorce from oil. But a raft of studies, researched and funded not just by advocates of alternative energy but also those with vested interests in the status quo, suggest otherwise.

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