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To: Brumar89 who wrote (9008)	6/4/2009 6:07:50 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86356

All technology starts off as luxury goods for the wealthy. The iPhone started off that way. Computers started off that way. The list goes on. But as they expand to the masses, economies of scale kick in and the prices come down. Why do you believe that renewable energy technology will be any different?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (9008)	6/5/2009 11:16:59 AM
From: Eric	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86356

Imo green products and organic foods are primarily luxury goods the wealthy use to make non-vulgar conspicuous consumption and virtue displays. Twenty years ago I would have agreed with this statement but I've changed my mind over the years with the scientific evidence that has come out about our farming practices. Many years ago in the late 50's when I was about 7 or 8 years old I watched my dad mix up some pink powder in water and put into a sprayer and then he sprayed our apple trees on our small lot on Vashon Island near Seattle. It was common practice back then to use that powder. In fact all of the apples grown in Washington state commercially especially in the Wenatchee area that were distributed to all of America and the world used that powder to control insects. That pink powder was arsenic.