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I agree 100% with Gary.
Right Friggin on- This is EXACTLY what we need to do.
This is a very impressive "think-tank" here at the omegalist.
US Gov- are you listening?!!
I was in Mexico on vacation, in the city I was staying used
SOLAR water heaters on all the rooftops- of course it wasn't the climate
of Green Bay, Wisconsin-- but let's see some TAX breaks
passed to make this feasable in the areas that can support them.
A buddy of mine in California said that he can sell electricity back to the
grid at 90 cents on the dollar, but here where I live, a buddy checked into
solar
and found that he could only selll it for 8-10 cents on the dollar (back to
the grid.)
Need some changes made.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Fritz" <fritz@xxxxxxxx>
To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 9:39 AM
Subject: Re: RES: stock to buy- GPRE
> On 4 Jul 2008 at 21:41, Randy wrote:
> > No matter how much we want or hope for a solar , wind alternative
> > energy solution .....it's not going to happen . Lump them all together
> > and the most optimistic forecasts are 5-10 percent of current
> > consumption.
>
> It doesn't have to be. I did a back-of-envelope calculation once to see
how
> much solar energy could be produced on the government-owned lands of the
> desert Southwest. It would take an area of roughly 40,000 square miles to
> produce energy equal to the ENTIRE energy budget of the US, assuming
> only 10% efficiency. The US Govt owns 200,000 square miles of prime solar
> real estate in Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico. If they would cede 50k or
> 100k of that land to a US Energy Trust, they could launch a "man-on-the-
> moon" class of initiative that could make the US entirely energy self-
> sufficient, and virtually eliminate our dependence on polluting energy
> sources like coal or nuclear.
>
> Yes, there would be environmental impacts in the area -- but consider the
> environmental and economic impacts of coal mining, burning coal or oil,
> disposing of nuclear wastes -- or engaging in wars in the Mideast.
>
> Should we try to replace 100% of the US energy consumption with solar?
> Probably not, as there are other problems involved. But it could provide
a
> HUGE percentage of the energy this country needs, with a self-built and
self-
> owned source of endless clean energy.
>
> Gary
>
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