Well, its becoming more political than financial but I can't say I
disagree with any of the reasons cited as why it is imperative that
we
elect people who will design and implement an "moon program" to
reach
energy independece within a decade. However, that said, it
must be
economically viable. Productivity = energy costs. Therefore
any energy
alternative must allows us to still compete on world
markets. If done
properly we will develop alternate energy that is
actually cheaper than
the cost to produce conventional hydrocarbon
energy and thereby remove the
manufacturing compeitive advantage that
China is positioning itself to
hold thru its extensive program to
secure long term conventional global
energy. Thus we would not only
neutralize the future chinese advantage but
turn it into a stone
around their neck as they are left saddled with
uneconomic "old
energy" investments of trillions of dollars.
Energy
Independence solves much of our economic, environmental,
security, and
technologic problems looming ahead.
Dick Berger
At 08:26 PM
2/20/2008, you wrote: