[Homestead] An International Analysis of the Credit Debacle

Gene GeRue genegerue at ruralize.com
Sat Oct 13 17:10:40 EDT 2007


On Oct 7, 2007, at 10:00 AM, Marie McHarry wrote:

> On 10/7/07, Don Bowen KI6DIU <don.bowen at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> It is more than roofs, farmers are selling huge chunks of the  
>> countryside
>> for solar panel and wind farms.  No matter how many solar panels  
>> or wind
>> farms or what ever, nothing comes any where close to crude oil for  
>> energy
>> invested vs energy returned and none will be able to fully replace  
>> the
>> millions of gallons of motor fuel.
>>
> Yabbut, the more alternative energy, the less need for petroleum. I
> believe the Germans have decided not to add a couple of nuclear plants
> based on the energy generated via solar.
>
> As oil peaks, we're going to need all the alternatives, and the sooner
> we get them going, the better.

Pardon me for not having the source, but I recall recently reading a  
good article that made a good case for natural gas taking a big chunk  
of the energy load.



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