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To: ridingycurve who wrote (74114)	10/31/2006 9:08:12 AM
From: ChanceIs	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 206177

>>>for the next 20 years the only realistic answers are conservation and greater conventional fuel efficiency.<<< Quite true. Quite true. I think that the internet (telecommuting) might save a lot of energy. But this is a form of conservation. Greater conventional fuel efficiency??? We can have that tomorrow - well next year. Vespa Nation here we come. But as you said, we will need a crisis. Your point about the raw infrastructure is solid and often overlooked. What would be the cost of the infrastructure to get hydrogen dispensation in place. I frankly doubt the energy efficacy of hydrogen - 40% return on input energy at best, and its been studied for about a century. The cost efficiency taking into account infrastructure is laughable. In the big picture, what makes owning oil and gas so attractive is that we know it will take a crisis and years and huge expense to make significant changes. Your investment is safe and growing with demand. I was somewhat shocked to see a form of rickshaw in New York City last summer. When searching for rickshaws in NYC, I stumbled upon the "BicyTaxi" concept. (Maybe I should short NG at the open.) I still think that fueling a human with a hamburger and fries will cost a lot less than the hydrogen automobile and all the infrastructure - and with modern traffic, get you from A to B in about the same amount of time: