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To: tejek who wrote (134629)	3/16/2001 7:40:55 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1579732

" I think it would be smart for the feds to find a way to step in and help resolve the matter before it blows up big time." How? California has done a very good job of seeing that the West Coast is more or less isolated with respect to energy. Getting more natural gas there could relieve some of the problems, but it takes time to build power lines, pipelines and plants. Requiring proper insulation and sealing takes time too. There is just no feasible short term solution. What I would like to see, and it is almost totally impossible in today's political climate, is some sort of tax break or incentive to install those solar cell shingles to supplement the power at each house/condo/apartment block. Currently the economics are still lousy, but some incentive plus the fact that even expensive electricity is better than none at all, could push this technology over the top and get the price into the semi-rational range.