Originally Posted by Epoch

Well, the tidal utilization is based of technology pioneered in europe, and usage of jojoba would be better left to countries like Mexico with large uncultivated deserts. I picked these two because while they can't happen tomorrow, will be very applicable within a decade or two... which would be the soonest to retrofit the infrastructure needed. But, we need to decide on what to do in the next 5-10 years, or else our window of opportunity will be less than optimal.

Hybrid technology is the immediate solution, but that's not being well accepted because Detroit is having a hard time adopting the technology