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[VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>]

There is, of course, a downside to everything.   I've
seen a study that indicated that, if solar became our
primary source of energy, much of the sun's heat that
currently is reflected away, would be retained on the
earth.  So much heat would be retained that could
cause it's own global warming.
I don't know how much solar energy would be required
to make a measurable difference but I'm sure the this 
could be a real problem.
this doesn't mean that I think we shouldn't be using
as much solar as possible to ameliorate our current
problems.  But once again "there is no free lunch". 
There is no solution that doesn't bring it's problems.
If there were only 1 million on this planet I'm sure
none of this would be a problem at all.
Van Dell

  

 could cause more  
--- Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:

> 
> On Jun 6, 2007, at 9:51 AM, Clansgian AT wmconnect.com
> wrote:
> 
> > Fuel and its price is dynamic.  It's not possible
> to identify an  
> > alternate
> > fuel at its present cost and imagine that if
> everyone used it, the  
> > price would
> > stay the same.   </HTML>
> 
> Well written post.
> 
> I can think of two possible answers, only the second
> one feasible  
> eventually for more than farmers and homesteaders.
> First, wood. Seems  
> to me that Tvo had given us some answers on that.
> Second, the prime  
> source of energy, the sun. If in fact we drove
> electric vehicles and  
> if solar charging gave us enough umph to move us to
> James' suggestion  
> of one town trip per week, then that is sustainable.
> The price of the  
> sun does not go up with more widespread use. In
> fact, as electric  
> vehicles become more widespread, their price should
> drop.
> 
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