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To: Brumar89 who wrote (23392)	9/15/2010 12:35:01 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 86352

Electricity just doesn't come out of the outlet by magic, it has to be generated and mostly its generated by fossil fuels. It could be generated by nuclear fission (not really cost effective yet but that could change, with new designs, changes in the regulatory/legal/political climate, and rising costs for the fossil fuel competitors). Eventually perhaps we could get the power from fusion, or from solar power satellites (which get more sun then collectors on the ground even during the day in the dessert, and which are in the sun most of the time, not just half the day on clear days). In the very long run these types of changes can happen. But they are too far out to be something that should really be a major issue today (except maybe fission, which already works as a power source, its just very pricey to build)