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Old 01-13-2008, 06:01 PM
Tom Earp Tom Earp is offline
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New energy sources?

The big thing now is a or any new energy concept to keep polutents from the air to stop global warming!

Kansas has and is fighting two new coal fired power plants in western Kansas.

So, I now find out that my local power company is looking as natural gas which will double the cost, but cleaner.

Wind farms in Kansas, but will not have the transmission lines from the coal fired trunk lines so is now cost prohibitive and will not be built.

Ethanol is the hot button item as grain is re-growable. But, it is not as polutent free as we were told and cost more to drive per mile. It also has caused the cost of meat, eggs, milk, and bread to go up.
Seen the price increases lately at your local grocers?

So, coal is cheaper, and can have what is called scrubbers to cut down on emisions, but still are not going to be allowed.

Any natural fuel usage is going to be in dire straits as the will run out eventually!

Oh, lets go to Nucelar. China Syndrom or Chernoybol in Russia or 10 Mile Island?

Where does the used material go that last for thousands of years!

So, lets not slow down urban sprawl in building and cutting down trees, or make cars more efficiant in driving? Oh, maybe in 2019 or longer is good enough!

I drive an average of 4.5 miles a day, how about you?

1999 Honda with 47,000 miles on it! I do my part and try using solar as much as I can!

Just more Federal Govenment ineptitude at work!
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