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To: tejek who wrote (616613)	6/19/2011 4:21:14 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1585708

>> To make a statement like that suggests the person is not well grounded. What is the evidence, nitwit? Thousands -- probably 100,000s -- of wells have been fracked over the years. While there may be [stress MAY -- no true evidence has been produced] isolated instances where poor cement jobs have resulted in contamination of ground water, the number of such instances is infinitesimally small and result from extremely isolated events. All forms of energy come with the potential for industrial accidents. As to this discussion, the instances of ecological problems with photovoltaics are neither rare nor speculative. We KNOW that feeding a power grid with significant photovoltaic power has tremendous environmental impact. To power the country for a few hours a day, you would need nearly 5,000,000 acres of land. Land which is totally disrupted ecologically. In addition, there are highly toxic substances used in the manufacturing process as well as in the disposition of deprecated facilities. And you would STILL have to have 3/4 of the current nuclear, hydro, gas and coal facilities now in existence to power the country the REST of the hours. My claim isn't that solar is an ecological disaster, but nuclear is certainly cleaner and nat gas is a decent alternative.