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Gold/Mining/Energy : Big Dog's Boom Boom Room
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To: ChanceIs who wrote (146295)3/5/2011 5:10:56 PM
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Tau = the time constant of a system. A big tau means change cannot be done quickly. Think of it as the effort needed to turn a battle ship vs a Volkswagen Beetle. The tau of the battle ship is much bigger than that of the Beetle. Similarly, the tau of the US as to conversion to "green dreams - err - I mean energy" is large. Hence one should not neglect current supplies as new supplies will come on slowly. It is a good argument for an all of the above solution to our energy needs.

Bob
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