>>So, if some say we have unfairly impeded drilling for oil or coal or >>gas, then let us hear them. Personally, I think they have some points >>to make. Yet, let us also hear accurate statements from them of what >>they can or cannot do for us. And let us not tolerate their >>continuation of decades of dismissal of all other solutions, as they >>are partly the source of that repugant unfair partly-taxpayer-funded >>dismissal. > >"Decades" is right. This statement by Edward Teller is quoted in a >book published in 1980: > >"No single prescription exists for a solution to the energy problem. >Energy conservation is not enough. Petroleum is not enough. Coal is >not enough. Nuclear energy is not enough. Solar and geothermal energy >are not enough. New ideas and developments will not be enough by >themselves. Only the proper combination of all of these will suffice." > >Teller wasn't exactly the first. I remember the guy who first turned >me onto this issue. That was in 1969, and he seemed aghast at my >ignorace - "Where have you been??" > >Not crazy about some of Teller's options (but then Teller was >Teller), but this is what we keep saying here: "Only the proper >combination of all of these will suffice." And that's what doesn't >get to happen. > >Best > >Keith
Thanks Keith. I actually had no idea whether the ideas were old or new. But this is a really fascinating quote from Teller. Will pass your summary on. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
