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  • How You Can Invest in the Pickens Plan
    Pch101, the point is, conservation is not the answer. Any significant amount would be the death of our economy. Extreme conservation would cause far more harm than good. It's last on my list of things to put into an energy plan. It's great for short term relief, but is a real drag for a long term energy strategy.

    And certainly energy independence is possible, just not for 30 years or more. It would take a plan and some advances in technology. If you think those are not likely to happen, then you haven't studied history and noticed what people do when pressed. Now, for the first time this country is starting to see some real pressure on our wallets in regards to energy purchases. If this keeps up, we'll find the workable replacements.

    I am anything but a Pickens supporter. Like I said, I've seen the wind farms up close and personal - they suck. But there is a place for some of the different energy technologies.Competiti... between them and among them will help eventually produce the energy independence we need. I don't expect it to happens anytime soon and any plan shouldn't be based on a short term goal either.
    Aug 26 22:04 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • How You Can Invest in the Pickens Plan
    Pch101, if you think the US, with a growing population, is going to significantly cut it's energy usage without utterly destroying the economy, then the joke is on you. Conservation is an element in any good plan, but only one of many important facets. To rely on that above all else, is utterly ridiculous.

    Pennystocks2, you're right. No one in their right mind would want to live within sight of a windfarm. I've seen them up close and personal for an extended period of time, and they are akin to chinese water torture. Fortunately, there are places on the Great Plains, where no one lives and no one would want to.
    Aug 25 10:49 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • Green Bio-Refining Up, Solar Stocks Down
    It may take awhile for people to realize this, but plant based ethanol is not the answer to our energy problems - not even short term. It causes more problems than it solves. Aalan is correct, this is not waste material. It is plant material that we choose to call "waste" material. It's part of an environmental cycle that is essential to the long term productivity of our forests and other lands.
    Jun 06 06:47 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • Broadwind Energy: Cramer, Someone Had to Say Something
    Wind may be an efficient energy play, but those turbines are the butt ugliest blemish you can put on a landscape. If they want to put one around me, I'll fight it tooth and nail. I see them going up in economically depressed areas, where people will do anything for a dime. I'll bet most move as soon as they can afford to. They are an eyesore beyond belief!
    May 23 07:13 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article

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