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Major Corporate Shift to Solar Energy and LEDs

Petya,

You have some of your "facts" utterly wrong:

ANWR is far from barren. It is a wildlife preserve, filled with birds, fish, and animals of all descriptions.

3 mile Island *did* release radioactivity into the atmosphere. Not large amounts, but significant enough to measure downwind. Moreover, the failed generator has yet to be repaired or remediated, due I believe to the level of radioactivity within the containment vessel.

Bulbs,
The problem is not the lighting level; they're plenty bright enough for large-scale outdoor lighting! The problem is simply up-front cost; people are used to paying for lighting slowly, a little up front and the rest over the (short, inefficient) life of the bulb. Typical total expenditure for a 75-watt bulb and power to light it is on the order of $100 for the 2 years it lasts in typical residential usage. It can be replaced by an LED-based bulb that costs $50 and lasts 30 years... but so far few except accountants and CFOs can get their heads around "spending $50 for a light bulb".

Transition to an Electric Economy

wl2win1: MBLX is another plastic-without-petro company. Not a personal favorite, but they are allied with ADM so attention must be paid.

Nasdaq99: "megawatts" is not an energy storage capacity unit. Did you mean "megawatt hours"?

Malkiel: cars are easy. Try aircraft. A mid-size passenger jet carries over ten thousand gallons of fuel. The ultimate solution there is going to be bio-butanol. Virgin (Richard Branson) is already close to flight-testing a bio-fueled commercial jet.