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To: Snowshoe who wrote (28019)	1/21/2008 11:50:30 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 217943

Same in France, Japan and elsewhere. < n the USA we generate electricity from coal, natural gas, nuclear, and hydro> But these things are all priced at the margin. Electricity is fungible. Depending on the situation, people choose one or the other. When ElM puts up a base station in East Timor, nuclear reactors are out of the question as is hydroelectric power. The choice is diesel generator or photovoltaics [or a combination]. Photovoltaics won't be competing with nuclear power for supply to Paris, Beijing or Tokyo any time soon, but out on the periphery photovoltaics are already a cheap solution. Along highways, one can see many remote locations with panels of photovoltaics powering various gadgets. Mqurice