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To: Joe NYC who wrote (398324)	7/13/2008 10:54:33 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575605

He is looking at it from the point of view of trade balance and national security implications (of importing high percentage of energy). If alternative energy (wind in his case) replace some percentage of power generation, but if it just replaces coal, there is no gain. Yes. I thought at least 10-15% of the electricity generated in the US was from oil but in reality, its only about 5%. But if it replaces some natural gas used in power plants, and if natural gas replaces some of the oil used in transportation, there is a gain. I am somewhat sceptical of feasibility of this in individually owned passenger cars, but fleets of buses, trucks or even train engines would be better targets. Yes. I agree. I don't see going this route with the average car. At best, it would provide only an intermediate step.....and the cost to convert to NG usage, and then back, I suspect would be significant.