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["Marie McHarry" <mmcharry AT gmail.com>]

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.

Marie