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To: RetiredNow who wrote (5223)	2/23/2009 8:43:29 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 86355

The faster we stop pussyfooting around and start building capacity, with a smart grid to run it over, the faster we get to a state where we don't have to rely on terrorists to supply us energy. Finally we can agree on something.. with one caveat.. What we develop has to be as reliable and cost-beneficial as what is being replaced. It's just the height of folly to replace a tried and true technology with something that less reliable and more expensive. That just violates the economic rules with regard to increasing economic productivity. Hawk

To: RetiredNow who wrote (5223)	2/23/2009 9:04:13 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86355

...we're going to have to use all of our oil, including offshore and in Alaska and shale oil. We're going to have to use all of our coal. We're going to have to use as much wind, solar, thermal, and wave power we can generate, and we're going to have to use nuclear. The faster we stop pussyfooting around and start building capacity, I can go along with that. But I wonder why you combine this with arguments that execs should let their oil and gas industries rust away. That they should stop investing in what they know how to do well.