You Can't Coach That

Saturday, June 07, 2008

Unless you have been living under a rock for the last 5 years you would be aware that the world faces somewhat of an energy crisis. Some would argue it is already here. A rapidly rising oil price (petrol here is A$1.50 per litre or US$5.70 per gallon), green house gas emissions, nuclear waste to be disposed of, we are in a bad way. Progress on developing alternatives to our current energy technologies appears painfully slow.

Well dear reader, I have the solution. Picture a tense scene in a Hollywood blockbuster. Our hero is edging his/her way down a dark tunnel or passage. Said tunnel/ passageway is lit by a line of convenient flaming torches that the bad guys have placed on the walls.

These torches are lit by what must be the most amazing energy source known to man. It is inexhaustible, cannot be extinguished and in no way consumes the stick on the end of which it burns. Surely we can harness this amazing fuel to power our turbines to produce the electricity we all so much depend upon. Perhaps we have the wrong people working on solving our energy problems - over to you Mr Spielberg, Mr Lucas et al.

"You can't coach that"