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• Wednesday, June 18, 2008 03:29 PM

  Hirsch Report

  I would urge your readers to go to the Dept of Energy 'Hirsch Report' so that they might gain further knowledge about the current energy situation. Wind, solar, geothermal, bio-fuels, hydrogen, are all viable fuels in the years to come. In the meantime there is no way to make up the short fall in the interim. You can wish that it can be done but the market isn't there. You can force the issue through government legislation in congress 'or the courts', but we haven't become socialist, YET.

  We need all avaialble energy to 'get to' the day when alternative fuels will prevail. Let the market work. We are the only country in the world that has locked up 85% of it's oil reserves, won't allow the building of nuclear plants (France produces 80% of it's electricity from nuclear), won't allow the building of refineries, doesn't like coal gasification or clean coal.

  Denmark, which has the most advanced infrastructure of wind energy in the world (a very small country with 6 million people) is only able to produce 25% of it's energy from wind. Solar is no better. Corn ethanol is insane based on cost output ratios. You can't run a railroad, an airline, a tractor, or an eighteen wheeler on wind or solar.

  Get a grip you wild eyed enviro's or........not and enjoy the ride.....it ought to be loads of fun or as Obama says "Join me in changing the greatest country on earth" (paraphrased for your enjoyment).

  A moderate in name and spirit...Larsky

  —larsky Read larsky's other letters
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