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To: Bearcatbob who wrote (147965)	3/22/2011 7:53:39 PM
From: Bearcatbob	3 Recommendations Respond to of 206182

What would an energy plan look like? Well, it would have numbers. The numbers would address current and future demand and supply by source for the years covered by the plan. If we had numbers we could see how the impact of say deploying X number of electric cars would be. The numbers would also include the "investment" necessary to deploy those cars. I think the numbers would be staggering in the story they would tell. For instance, we are investing $7500 in tax credits for every Chevy Volt we sell and we are selling perhaps a couple of hundred a month. Numbers would include how many electric cars we would have to deploy per year to make a dent. Additionally the numbers would have to show the growth in demand as population and mileage driven increases. If we had numbers perhaps we could see just what the vision of the "greens" is that would result in an investment in "electric car". If we had numbers - I think the whole world would be laughing at those whose mantra is no to hydrocarbons and yes to Don Quixote. I find the whole debate laughable in its lack of substance. I do note that we now have had an appearance of our Secretary of Energy when the reactors in Japan were in crisis. Has anyone seen him talking about our crisis in current transportation fuel costs? Bob