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To: Joe NYC who wrote (132101)	2/9/2001 8:58:21 AM
From: hmaly	Respond to of 1571708

Joe Re..I know this would be hard to implement in a free market system, but I have sort of a rating of the sources of energy from the most valuable (finite, rare, running out, flexible) = oil to the least valuable (plentiful) = coal and nuclear. Of the 2, nuclear is clearly environmentally friendlier, actually the friendliest. Joe I agree with you that we need to change our EPA guidelines to allow nuclear and coal fueled power plants. While using fuel cells may be a promising technology, coal and nuclear should be used to fill the gap. I would also put natural gas as more valuable than oil because it burns cleaner and in a shortage, there are limited options to store reserves and import natural gas. While they say there are immense reserves, most of these reserves are spread out or involve drilling deeper than we can drill today. Now before all of the enviromentalists get their undies in a bunch; one should consider that only the power generation facilities can use coal efficiently and relatively cleanly. The natural gas we have should be saved for heating and industrial uses so power generators aren't competing for limited resources; because if homeowners start heating with wood or coal; this country will have far worse pollution problems.

To: Joe NYC who wrote (132101)	2/9/2001 3:24:58 PM
From: TGPTNDR	Respond to of 1571708

Joe, Re: <So I would go about using the least valuable (nuclear) wherever it can be used - all electricity generation, natural gas second, for heating of homes, and oil the last, for car, jet fuel, industrial uses. To me, waste is when they use oil for electricity generation, rather than the all the other sources that are lower in the my value chain. > Yep -- tgptndr