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To: craig crawford who wrote (130486)	8/23/2001 10:25:53 PM
From: Victor Lazlo	Respond to of 164684

<<this is why you annoy me victor. you love to nitpick everything i and others say in order to find the one thing you can argue with, >> Coal is NOT the 'cheapest' as you claim. This is a very serious error of fact. No nitpicking here, you oracle! You are wrong in your perception that burning coal is the cheapest way to produce electricty. It is not. post 130425 from the infallible Craig: >> On the other hand, a sustained high growth in demand for electricity seems to imply either accelerated global warming (California air conditioners running full time and unemployed tech geeks scrounging for returnable soda bottles to pay the bill;-) or continuing economic growth (Aluminum smelters and auto assembly lines running, and home PCs humming). << i don't understand what you mean by on the other hand. it sounds like both points you made were bullish for energy demand. my reasons for liking coal are not very esoteric. 1) i believe energy prices will remain high in the coming years. coal is the cheapest (although not cleanest) so it will continue to make up a significant portion.