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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (191836)	6/17/2012 9:45:28 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 543686

http://www.nrel.gov/analysis/re_futures/ Renewable Electricity Futures Study A report published by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Renewable Electricity Futures Study (RE Futures), is an initial investigation of the extent to which renewable energy supply can meet the electricity demands of the continental United States over the next several decades. This study explores the implications and challenges of very high renewable electricity generation levels—from 30% up to 90%, focusing on 80%, of all U.S. electricity generation from renewable technologies—in 2050. At such high levels of renewable electricity generation, the unique characteristics of some renewable resources, specifically geographical distribution and variability and uncertainty in output, pose challenges to the operability of the nation's electric system. Key Findings Renewable electricity generation from technologies that are commercially available today, in combination with a more flexible electric system, is more than adequate to supply 80% of total U.S. electricity generation in 2050 while meeting electricity demand on an hourly basis in every region of the country. Increased electric system flexibility, needed to enable electricity supply-demand balance with high levels of renewable generation, can come from a portfolio of supply- and demand-side options, including flexible conventional generation, grid storage, new transmission, more responsive loads, and changes in power system operations. The abundance and diversity of U.S. renewable energy resources can support multiple combinations of renewable technologies that result in deep reductions in electric sector greenhouse gas emissions and water use. The direct incremental cost associated with high renewable generation is comparable to published cost estimates of other clean energy scenarios. Improvement in the cost and performance of renewable technologies is the most impactful lever for reducing this incremental cost.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (191836)	6/17/2012 9:52:06 AM
From: Bread Upon The Water	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543686

If this law is adapted it will be interesting to see if this falls within a state's right to regulate as patent law is Federally based. Additionally, I predict that GMO producers will challenge the law on a constitutional basis inasmuch as it interferes with interstate commerce. Regulation of GMO products from a health and safety point of view I do believe falls under the purview of Federal Authority. I don't believe the State is entitled to adopt higher standards than the federal government in this area. But we will see. Personally, as a non-scientist, it seems to me we are just doing in the lab in a more rapid fashion what we have been doing by using breeding techniques in the field.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (191836)	6/17/2012 9:58:04 AM
From: epicure	Respond to of 543686

I actually used to get some shit from some creeps on SI about my GMO allergy. Hard to believe people would get pissed off at your for mentioning that your are sickened by an ingredient in the industrial food supply, but I kid you not- there are folks on SI who were like that. Maybe they go around mocking diabetics, as well. Who knows? But since I, and my children, are sensitive to GMO corn, I know there are other people out there, and I've found some on the internet. I also found out that corn is one of the most common allergens- yet it is in just about everything in the American food supply, and many people don't know they are sensitive (of they don't realized corn can show up where you would not expect it, and as things like "modified food starch".