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   Message 754 of 2,576   
   Han to x@y.Invalid   
   Re: Dutch fall out of love with windmill   
   21 Nov 11 03:09:53   
   
   XPost: alt.home.repair, alt.energy.renewable   
   From: nobody@nospam.not   
      
   "(PeteCresswell)"  wrote in   
   news:i55jc7lbt8p3d59e1rbm4topvt6p4sm3ah@4ax.com:   
      
   > Per Stormin Mormon:   
   >>And how many hundred years of oil do we have? Whole lot. Our   
   >>oil shortage of the moment is environmentlists and people   
   >>with political agenda prohibiting drilling and refining.   
   >   
   > I claim no expertise, but AFIK it is not a matter of running out   
   > of oil: there will always be oil at a price.   
   >   
   > The real issue is the crossover point between the cost curves of   
   > fossil-based energy and renewable energy.   
   >   
   > I have no clue what the slopes of those curves look like and   
   > therefore not the faintest idea when they will cross... but that   
   > *is* the issue, not "running out" of oil.   
      
   That is indeed the issue.  And if there wasn't a tree in front of my house   
   I'd go for some kind of solar yesterday.   
      
   --   
   Best regards   
   Han   
   email address is invalid   
      
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