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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry

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To: American Spirit who wrote (79141)	8/28/2006 6:55:25 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 81568

No real estate is free. There is always some cost of some sort to use it. But a much higher cost is the cost of solar cells. To produce as much solar power to replace the fossil fuels we use in the US would require an area bigger than Ohio devoted to solar cells. That's a lot of real estate, but what's even worse is the cost to buy and maintain such a series of solar arrays. I'm not sure of the cost per square foot but when your talking about tens of thousands of square miles of solar cells the cost is astronomical, and then they have to be maintained and periodically replaced. Along with other methods we can kick oil within 15 years. Brazil did it. No they did not. "...The question then arises: “Just how much did widespread use of ethanol in BRAZIL contribute toward their energy independence?” The answer is: “Not much”. In 2005, BRAZIL produced 4.8 billion gallons of ethanol, or 114 million barrels. However, a barrel of ethanol contains approximately 3.5 million BTUs, and a barrel of oil contains approximately 6 million BTUs. Therefore, 114 million barrels of ethanol only displaced 67 million barrels of oil, around 10% of BRAZIL’s oil consumption. In other words, BRAZIL’s energy independence miracle was 10% ethanol and 90% domestic crude oil production. BRAZIL did not farm their way to energy independence..." financialsense.com Message 22750044

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