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Renewable Energy Is at the Center of the Presidential Debate

Gentlemen,

We may have different views but the concensus is that it CAN be done and will be ultimately necessary. The only problem would appear to be is the government and they who control it (vested interests in the suppression of significant growth of alternative energy).

Great thread!

T.C.

Renewable Energy Is at the Center of the Presidential Debate

frflyer,

A vigorous rebuttal indeed. A little knowledge can certainly be misleading. There is of course a place for alternative energy and we should do all of it, in fact about 20% of my portfolio is in GEX as we speak and 10% in an algaeic biodiesel Company. Another 10% sits in a Chinese wind turbine Co. But, with reference to your 80%: 80% of what?. By mid-centrury, crude oil and NG energy production might well be low enough to perhaps make the total provided by alternative energy close to your quoted percentage but the "American way of life" will be long gone, I reckon.

Makes me glad to be old and retired ;-)

T.C.

Renewable Energy Is at the Center of the Presidential Debate

Did Obama really say we import oil from Iran? I thought we didn't and the EIA import table for 2008 doesn't mention Iran.

A post on Carpe Diem is against energy sufficiency on the basis that other people's oil is cheaper! Like, should we also be coffee independent by the same logic? I can't really buy such simplistic thinking. Doesn't the balance of trade and our economy come in there somewhere?

The potential for alternative energy in the USA is quite a small fraction of our total future use. We would gain as much, if not more, by simply increasing energy efficiency in buildings, vehicles, appliances, etc. by a surprisingly small percentage.

McCain is perhaps a little more realistic than Obama on the energy front. On the other hand, McCain is less convincing on his grasp of economics. Sad, isn't it?

Roll on the NAU ;-)

T.C.

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Here we go again with lots of talk about "solar"! Solar is an adjective, not a noun - when discussing solar technology stocks, please let's be specific:- PV, heating, boiling with parabolic mirrors, corn, cellulose, algae and anything else you can think of!

@english fan - sad to say, bad spelling and typos are almost the norm these days. It's been almost 60 years since I got slapped around in class by an English teacher for mis-spelling a word twice. So, my spelling is pretty good ;-)

I agree with all those who say the USA has to encourage all forms of energy production because, gentlemen, bad times are just around the corner, IMHO.

T.C.