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To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (38267)	9/15/2003 2:51:24 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74559

Not sure that Iraq will turn out as a bad apple. We are at a crucial time there and I am discussing the issue with few Iraq exiles who live in NYC they are all hoping for the better and intend to be actively involved there. Few of them are flying to Baghdad this month for a political gathering. As to the other resources I would agree that instead of across the board tax breaks, this and previous administration should have incorporate tax incentive for other energy resources like 20 years ago for development of alternative technologies and explorations of energy generation. Another source ignored is processing of biomass for example, or salty lakes who capture solar energy with low temperature turbines developed by the Israelis. Every synthesis that is generated with the help of the sun can be reversed and release energy for human use............. but then again you have the oil mafia lobbying against those developments

To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (38267)	9/15/2003 4:03:33 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

Jim, unfortunately for the "cover Death Valley in photovoltaic cells" plan, they are still too expensive. Oil remains the cheapest way of getting transport fuels. If the cost of King George II's armaments and military salaries are added to the cost of oil then the true oil price is actually significantly higher. But I suspect still not high enough to recommend a switch to photovoltaics [though BP would love such a switch]. We need an economist who could add the cost of military to the price of oil and see where that puts the situation; with some of that net present value stuff and discounted cash flowing thrown in for good measure. Maybe include some probabilistic wave functions for the cost of disruption due to civil war in the oil fields, or comet-induced tsunamis which would destroy all coastal facilities, which is where oil facilities are and photovoltaics aren't. If only we had such a person available. See bpsolar.com for photovoltaic technology. Mqurice