X-Message-Number: 21948 Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 08:55:34 +0000 From: Kennita Watson <> Subject: coal/oil/gas/solar Hi everybody -- I'm way into electric-powered vehicles, but I realize that the batteries will have to be charged somehow. I really like nuclear power, but I'm pretty well convinced that in the current regulatory/etc. climate it's not likely to become a more major energy source than it is (and would like to leave discussion of it for some other time). For now I have a question -- how much of a gap in price would need to be closed for solar power to become a financially attractive alternative (not just in theory, but to investors and on Wall Street) to coal, oil, and/or natural gas? Do you see this gap closing? If so, when and how (by rising oil/natural gas prices and/or by falling solar prices)? What are the major impediments -- political, cultural, regulatory, etc. -- to such (IMHO) progress? Thanks in advance for your input! -- May you live long and prosper, Kennita -- Kennita Watson | Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery; | None but ourselves can free our minds. http://www.kennita.com | -- Bob Marley, "Redemption Song" Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=21948