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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (365276)	1/3/2008 12:48:44 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571785

The bottom line is the fundamentals, and right now, fossil fuels are still fundamentally cheaper and better than solar and wind energy, barring the environmental impact. Maybe not when you count the subsidies for competitors. And maybe not when you count the national security costs. And when you count then cost of 1/3 of the trade deficit. And when you count funding our enemies with $90 per barrel profits. And when you count money going out of the country instead of creating jobs and investment in the country. When you think about the economy of scale issue, think about solar currently providing less than .5% of energy. It's a boutique industry. If it grew to 50% of our energy use, what kind of cost savings would be realized? It wouldn't be incremental, it would be dramatic. Don't dismiss it out of kind because of the politics. Look at it as a scientist and economist.