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To: Diana R. Chambers who wrote (7060)	1/13/1998 2:17:00 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

* Off topic* Diana, oil and gas are so cheap, and so plentiful despite rumors to the contrary, that they will fuel transport for 50 years at least. Unless photovoltaics and hydrogen get even cheaper. Fuel cells are inherently expensive due to limited materials. That isn't so important with cellphones, but in cars it matters. Buses would be more likely to use them. But this is WAYYYYY off topic, so I'll simply refer people to the Ballard thread where this has all been done to death. Don't put too much credence on heavy hitters! Check out Ericsson's ideas on cdmaOne - they said it was a dud and backed GSM. Fuel cell costs are high and I can't see them getting used in transport. Photovoltaics can maybe get cheap enough for bulk electricity and hydrogen production because they are made of silicon and are already getting closer to competing on price rather than convenience. They can't win because oil can be produced at $5 per barrel in big amounts from the middle east. Anyway, environmentalists should demand oil use, to recycle the organic material lost to the living world. CO2 is GOOD! Plants love it. The food chain needs it. Carbon should be alive as it was, not buried in shale, sand and limestone. We just need to move uphill a little. Most ocean side cities are pretty crusty and old anyway. Mqurice