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To: Dave who wrote (26038)	12/19/2000 5:34:33 PM
From: edamo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 65232

dave..."oil would be more expensive if not subsidized..." what government is subsidizing oil???? at one time the depletion allowance helped, but no more... you site what you consider "stable" sources of energy.... in reality the true cost of energy is not in the fuel, but in the process to convert the fuel to a usable product... wind, tide, geothermal, and even solar are geographically limited...... some even require an interim storage device, prior to conversion...when you are at geographical limits, you bear the burden of transmission losses... fossil fuel is plentiful, especially coal, nothing wrong with nuclear, which is a main stay in most developed countries....even a minor relaxing of epa air quality standards would not harm the environment, but open up other sources of less expensive fuel....