At 06:09 PM Saturday 11/25/2006, Robert Seeberger wrote:
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From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Killer Bs Discussion'" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 4:07 PM
Subject: RE: "Someone Must Tell Them"
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>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
>> Behalf Of Dan Minette
>> Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 4:00 PM
>> To: 'Killer Bs Discussion'
>> Subject: RE: "Someone Must Tell Them"
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>> I remember near term energy independence being a policy of Nixon
>> and Ford
>> and Carter. :-) It's not really achievable. So, it seems
>> reasonable to
>> decrease our dependency now, by raising fuel taxes by, say, $0.50
>> gal per
>> year for the next 10 years, or some similar means.
>
> I should have restated my often repeated argument on this list that
> we need
> investments in basic science that could someday provide reasonably
> priced
> alternative energy (e.g. solar or fusion or reprocessed nuclear fuel
> with
> drastically reduced utility for bombs.) These investments are, by
> nature,
> very long term but there's no time like the present to start.
>
The basic engineering on PBR is already done. Wouldn't that be a
reasonable investment?
I suppose it depends on what the acronym means. Peanut Butter on Rye?
-- Ronn! :)
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