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To: Ilaine who wrote (85022)	12/23/2011 2:33:20 PM
From: Maurice Winn	2 Recommendations Respond to of 218304

Freakonomics and the photovoltaic industry. Hot off the press: freakonomics.com It's not surprising that BP Solar decided to close. I wonder how much money TJ lost on photovoltaics [he was very enthusiastic a couple of years ago when it was all the rage]. 25 years ago, I was quite a BP Solar fan [during my BP Oil days] and expected that eventually costs would come down enough to be useful for general electricity production. That hasn't happened. Fossil carbon sources remain the cheapest source of electricity [along with nuclear - though the bureaucracy and safety issues make it more expensive]. CO2 in air seems not to be the problem I thought [in 1983] that it might be. On the contrary, 2020 reglaciation seems a good bet to me. Sources of fossil carbon are vast. Most likely, Peak People and technology improvements will mean never a shortage of energy [meaning prices won't rise much]. Already oil is uncompetitive with insulation, more efficient motors and other sources of energy. Peak People in 2037 will mean a reduction in consumption. As Sheik Yamani said long ago, the stone age didn't end for a lack of stones and the oil age won't end for a lack of oil. Look at the encroachment of Cyberspace. Compare north San Diego with downtown Detroit - Motor City. Mobile Cyberspace is the name of the game. youtube.com Note the last scene of the car crashed into the pole with the guy sitting looking at his DeVice. It's a lot more fun investing in Qualcomm than gold, which just stupidly sits there in a vault with expensive security systems around it [which in many instances stop people finding out that the "gold" is gold plated tungsten]. In China, they put melamine in milk, and lead in children's toys, so I dare say they are happy to put tungsten inside gold. Would you accept gold coins minted in China? Mqurice

To: Ilaine who wrote (85022)	12/23/2011 4:13:03 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 218304

Thomas Carlyle was one of Experiments end of semester subjects: Great Man Theory – Thomas Carlyle “Wave of History – Leo Tolstoy Early methods o economy Capitalism -- Adam Smith (no government interference in the economy) She called me for help and luckily she has a dad dropout whose one if his favorites is Classical economics .