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To: Scumbria who wrote (141459)	4/30/2001 6:58:01 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 769667

<<Bummer. I had to put gas in the car this month. I was hoping to make it all the way through April without a fill up. How about you?>> Bush warned me that the gas prices would be going up so I took my Florida vacation early. Then I called my place a farm and get my gas tax free. I've got 250 gallons on hand that cost me $.87 a gallon.

To: Scumbria who wrote (141459)	4/30/2001 8:30:14 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Respond to of 769667

The French are facing a dilemma on nuclear power. 80% of their power derived from nuclear and plants reaching end of life. $1 trillion for rebuild. Lots of work for engineers. Speaking of conservation... Faced with this uncertainty, the report argues that energy conservation remains the most efficient means to meet future energy targets. Indeed, on the occasion of The Hague international conference on the environment in November 2000, Prime Minister Lionel Jospin announced an ambitious program to cut energy consumption by 15 percent. But France should not expect miracles from conservation. Government programs to reduce energy consumption between 1973 and 1993 had little effect, in part due to continual changes of governments and to an inconsistent set of policies that resulted from it. By 1985, the return of inexpensive international oil meant that France had less reason to save, and energy conservation policies were virtually abandoned from that time on. French energy consumption has since sky-rocketed. Despite the recent increase in oil prices, French consumers do not appear to be lowering their energy consumption, especially in heating and transportation. The French energy bill rose by 27% in the single year from 1998 to 1999. The drastic increase of oil prices beginning in March 1999 has contributed to a further rise in France's energy bill, as has the parallel increase in household consumption of energy. The prospect for successful conservation clearly depends on how much money the French government is ready to invest in energy savings projects. France has to date invested far less in this area than has the United States. Even under optimistic assumptions about future energy consumption, France still needs a new strategy to manage energy production. brook.edu