RE: Europe, the US, and Environmentalism

[John D. Giorgis]

At 11:55 AM 7/17/01 +0200 Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM wrote:
>When some people first thought that solar energy might be a good idea, they
>couldn't know in advance which problems they would encounter, and thus not
>know how much researching solar energy would cost them. It didn't stop them
>from researching it, though. It has already cost a lot of money, but I still
>wouldn't call the idea "obsolete".

Neither would I call it obsolete.

Then again, I wouldn't automatically rave about solar energy without
comparing the marginal costs to marginal benefits.    Depending on how more
expensive solar energy is compared to coal or nuclear energy, it may well
be less efficient, and thus, worse for the environment to boot.

JDG
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