Re: Research Topics

[FMurrl@aol.com]

In a message dated 4/18/02 3:08:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time, thorskov@yahoo.com writes:


> I am sick of the energy industry insisting that
> renewables (solar, wind, etc.) are too expensive--not
> cost competitive--since that depends entirely on the
> degree to which the social costs of energy use are
> reflected in the price (which is very little at
> present) and the amount of investment and research
> dollars we put into developing these technologies
> (which is also relatively tiny still).


Thor:

It isn't so important what the energy industry thinks. It is much more important what the public does. Right now, what it does is rely on petroleum and coal. Why? Cost and availability. Without government intervention, this won't change much. 

Fred Murrell
Biomass Development
Bradenton Florida USA