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To: Ilaine who wrote (72030)	1/12/2000 12:59:00 AM
From: Krowbar	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Please skip this post..... If you don't want to hear about fuel cells, and making money. I just found this interesting tidbit from a go'ment site... -- The U.S. government's Climate Change Fuel Cell Program provides grants of $1,000/kilowatt to purchasers of fuel cell power plants. The 'buydown' program has so far awarded $18.8 million in assistance for the purchase of 94 fuel cell units. Fuel cell vehicles could transport American troops on the battlefield of the future, and could serve as a vital source of auxiliary power in combat. That's because fuel cells are quiet, flexible, and operate at low temperature, making them ideal for use in "stealth" vehicles. Fuel cells are also being developed for submarines, surface ships and a variety of other military uses. 216.51.18.233 -- Hmmm... $1,000 go'ment grant for each kilowatt? Let's see... Plug Power's 7 kilowatt unit should sell for between 4K and 7K. Let's say it's 6K. You then would be 1K paid for installing a unit that would lower your electric bill, remove the worry of power outages and surges that ruin equipment, allow you to build anywhere that there is gas or propane available, and be better for the environment. I wonder if anybody would want one. (thrusting fist into the air) Plug Power, Plug Power, Plug Power! P.S. I am not trying to influence anybody to buy any particular stock. Del

To: Ilaine who wrote (72030)	1/12/2000 2:51:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Well, I'm not crazy about SS, and I think it could use reforming, but I don't believe privatization is really the answer either since that more or less removes the concept of "safety net". But I'm open for suggestions in general. My big issue wrt arguing with Michael is that I feel one group of people, who I refer to in general as "the elderly" chose to solve every financial problem they ever had by relegating their taxes to another group - in this case it was those that were younger than they were. Property taxes were becoming too high... how did they solve it - they voted to freeze taxes FOR THEM. SS going bust and needs a cash infusion, how do they solve the problem - raise taxes on the young ONLY. There were other solutions such as raising the retirement age to 70 which should have been a no-brainer but this group never does whats fair - they only do what is in their best interest irrespective of anybody else.