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EskWIRED@spamblock.panix.com wrote:
> In ne.general HawkCW4 <HawkCW4@cox.net> wrote:
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>>I'll bite.  What would you suggest a reasonable source would be? 
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> I don't think that the concept of "a" reasonable source is the right 
> mindset.  Given the relatively low output of most of the alternatives, I 
> think that a combination approach makes sense.  Personally, I'm 
> interested in small hydro, but solar and wind are interesting too.

Hydro, very unacceptable to millions of folks because it interfers with 
the natural flow of our water.  Pisses off some fish, and the resulting 
body of water it creates, buries a few trees or plants that MAY be or 
MAY become endangered.

Solar, very expensive and usually only usable to residential type 
applications.  How do you get your AC from a DC source without even more 
expence?  Seems to me it works ok for anything witch will operate on DC 
but beyond that, too little and too expensive.

Wind, When I left Palm Springs, Ca, there was a move to remove some of 
the existing wind generators and replace them with new ones which would 
generate 3 or 4 times as much per unit.  Can you believe there was an 
uproar from many there claiming the NOISE pollution from those machines 
was too unbearable?  I actually drove up there and parked under some to 
see what the hell they were talking about.  Yep, you could actually hear 
them if you listened very carefully and were standing right under one.

I guess it means that you can never please everyone all the time.

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> Distributed generation is a concept that makes a lot of sense to me.  
> None of these would eliminate our dependence on imported fossil fuels, 
> but all of them could help.
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> In the short run, conservation makes more sense than anything.

In a world where our population is increasing by the minuet, that is no 
answer.  It sounds good, but would work only if we reverted to 1920s 
where there are no monster TVs, DVDs, Computers, Pools in every desert 
back yard, and well you see the problem in conservation.  In fact, if 
there is a willing market, they better come up with the goods.  I say 
Nuke power is the only way.

Ed
USA Ret
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