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" PM contributing editor Glenn Reynolds has an interesting column on Tech Central Station today discussing what he calls &amp;quot;The Silver Bullet Fallacy.&amp;quot; He&amp;#039;s talking about our society&amp;#039;s tendency to look for simple, one-fell-swoop solutions to huge, complex problems like energy shortages or global warming. When promising technologies in these areas do emerge, their backers too often tend to hype their potential, and an uncritical press plays along. Then, when the technology fails to deliver on those inflated claims, disappointment sets in. We can see this process at work in the current hoopla surrounding alternative fuels and in the current backlash against hybrid cars. Both alternative fuels and hybrid technology offer some promise in reducing our oil dependance. But neither one will do the job alone; that will take hard work and technological advances in a whole range of fields. Too much hype surrounding any single approach can be counter-productive.  As Reynolds says: &amp;quot;Technologies don&amp;#039;t have to provide a silver bullet to be worthwhile, or even revolutionary. Silver-bullet claims can lead to unnecessary disappointment, while silver-bullet expectations may cause us to under-appreciate technologies that are truly revolutionary.&amp;quot; \u2014Jim Meigs No Cure-All: Most problems require more than a silver bullet to fix. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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