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To: Bearcatbob who wrote (3202)11/28/2008 9:49:58 PM
From: Eric  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 86352
 
Unfortunately Bob coal is pricing itself out of the utility markets. Alternatives make much more sense in the long run because the sun is free.

My favorite story from Scientific American came out a year ago this December:

A Solar Grand Plan

By 2050 solar power could end U.S. dependence on foreign oil and slash greenhouse gas emissions

By Ken Zweibel, James Mason and Vasilis Fthenakis

sciam.com

I have been advocating a project like this for many years.



To: Bearcatbob who wrote (3202)11/29/2008 6:57:22 AM
From: RetiredNow  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 86352
 
I agree. However, spending $800B on the Iraq war was complete idiocy as well. I wish some economist would calculate the true cost of oil, because right now there are so many indirect costs that we simply don't associate with oil that it makes the current published cost look ridiculously low. If the true cost was known, then alternatives would look significantly cheaper.


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