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To: epsteinbd who wrote (6764)	10/13/2001 10:00:34 PM
From: goldsnow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

You are wrong on that...National Security is at risk..Oil had maybe another 20-30 years supreme run ..now it could be 10-15...if nations get serious, Tax Incentives, subsidies, penalties, political will to double the price of gas.. buscom.com No doubt about it, within the next decade, fuel cells will be providing energy for cars and trucks, producing electricity for utilities, and heating and cooling homes and businesses. They may even replace the expensive batteries in palmtop computers, cellular phones and other portable electronics with power sources that can run for almost a year on a teaspoonful of alcohol

To: epsteinbd who wrote (6764)	10/14/2001 3:37:39 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

Fusion. Its a reality, not economical right now. The Navy has a few development fusion reactors itself, along with the international fusion research projects. The cost is, as I understand it, in producing the containment field. 20 years and 1 trillion? Should do the trick in superconduction and magnetic field generation and materials research. That would be a damn cheap investment, considering the payoffs. Clean, safe, widespread fusion power would free the US from Arab oil practically overnight. The US is the world's largest producer of oil and natural gas, we just eat more than we produce. Domestic production, in conjunction with fusion and fission nuclear power, as well as hydro and other domestic sources, could make us energy self-sufficient. Derek