Biofuels are probably cheaper than petro. When you include the costs of the military in a barrel of mideast oil the real cost is not the quoted one.
The environmental costs are real as well. Unfortunately they are paid in sickness and reduced life -- and usually by the poorest members of humanity.
I think what I am trying to say is we are on this list because of the costs of conventional technology and business paradigms. There has to be a better way, especially if mankind is to prosper.
Kirk
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no argument here. but that wasn't the point.
yet at the same time, it was. i mean, if we were to let such considerations
determine our actions--let alone what we are willing to think or imagine--we
wouldn't all be on this list, would we? ;âº)
cheers,
-chris b.
on 7/21/05 6:21 PM, Kirk McLoren at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>The machine to harvest the energy is a capital investment and when you
>>consider the utilization factor the cost of the harvested energy is not
>> competitive.
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>"Payback period is the most widely used measure for evaluating potential
>investments. Its use increases in tough economic times, when CIOs are apt
>to say things like, 'We won't even consider a project that has more than a
>24-month payback.' "
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>Above from Computerworld. Any technology that has a payback period of, say,
>10 years or more (fusion, hot or cold, tidal, deep ocean thermal) will
>never get off the ground. Easter Island: "take half their pay to plant
>more palms that won't make canoes for 10 years?? Off with your Head!!"
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>Until the evaluation system changes, innovation suffers. -K
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