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SGT Gerald “Jerry” Harrell
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LTC (Join to see) I have a flashlight that is rechargeable but doesn’t use battery’s. It uses capacitor technology that allows you to charge it in less than 2 minutes. I have had it since 2010 and it still works great. It will operate on high for at least 2 hrs. You can’t buy it anymore because it was discontinued because of a recall on the charger but NO other company is using this technology. I’m sure the patent was purchased and it was shelved because it would, if fully developed, kill the battery industry and the profits of those countries that have a vested interest in making batteries. I say this to say, we do need to look at ways to be better stewards of the environment, but we are NOWHERE NEAR having an infrastructure in place to “end fossil fuel”. Not to mention how many materials we use everyday that are dependent on petroleum. From plastic to polyester, petroleum is used.
People need to pull their heads out of the clouds and realize that most of the people pushing the hardest on this green energy right now is not because of pollution, but profit. It is an idea that cannot realized in the immediate future no matter how much you want it. The only thing that is being accomplished right now by hampering domestic oil production is inflation, dependence on another country, more global pollution (no one produces oil and gas cleaner than the U.S.) and loss of jobs ….to name just a few.
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