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To: jrhana who wrote (10886)	7/8/2009 1:06:24 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 86356

I think the big unintended beneficiaries of renewable mandates are going to be wood and ng. NG is the backup for wind and solar and will continue to be. Wood will be cheaper than wind and solar and is controllable - doesn't matter if the wind is blowing or suns shining. A shame our family land in IL is in hardwoods. Fast growing pine is gonna be more valuable as our utilities start burning more and more wood. We're shipping wood to Europe now. Much more growth to come.

To: jrhana who wrote (10886)	7/8/2009 1:46:12 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86356

Well, jrhana, imagine my equal frustration during the Bush years and the 30 years prior, as I've seen the US become increasingly addicted to oil with all the negative consequences. For many, many years oil connected leaders were in power in D.C. Now that we have a President that believes more in the future of renewable energy than he does in the long term sustainability of an oil addicted economy, the worm has turned. I think that is an excellent change and it comes at exactly the right moment in our history. So look at it as a positive. From an NG perspective, Obama is far more likely to see that as an alternative to oil, than Bush. Bush is painted in oil. He doesn't see anything beyond the black gold.