yeah, giving that much to wall street is a much better investment. Tell you what, this election is not even worth making fun of any more ;)
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let's inject a little dose of reality into the discussion, shall we? > 50% of our electricity comes from coal-fired power plants. There are > 600 coal plants in the country. This is a total SWAG, but I'll guess > that those plants represent $500 billion or more in infrastructure. > Replacing those plants with some other technology would cost on the > order of a trillion dollars or more, and that's a conservative > estimate. > > The issue is not really about what fuel we should be using. We use > coal and will continue to use coal for years to come. The issue is how > best to deal with the fuel that we are using. > > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 1:14 PM, Gruss wrote: >>> Dino wrote: >>> I'd love safe nuclear. I'd love wind and solar. The problem is education and >>> investment. >> >> Natural Gas? America is the Saudi Arabia of NG. Cars run on it, you >> can store and transport it cheaply, doesn't need much refining, it's >> clean, burns clean, and can be drilled vs. mined. >> >> Just a thought. Coal seems stupid compared to NG; superficially at least. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:270719 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
