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To: RetiredNow who wrote (555716)	3/17/2010 10:33:53 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1585463

Interesting. I too think nukes and NG are the way to go in the short term. But I don't count out investments in alternative energy. I don't either. However, for alternative to succeed it has to keep driving down the production costs like FSLR is doing with solar while increasing production and demand as much as possible. Some gov't support may be needed.....not necessarily in subsidies but by actually using the products to heat and light gov't buildings. The way to structure this to ensure the market picks the ultimate winner is to just put a price on carbon. Tax it. Do the same for gasoline. Then the market will figure out which way to go. Before you know it, we'll all be driving hybrid electric/NG vehicles recharged from nuke and NG powerplant electricity. Very true. The US has the lowest tax on gas of all the first world countries. Just reducing gas consumption would put a big dent in our oil dependency.