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- From: freedman@cs.colostate.edu (keith freedman)
- Subject: Re: Emissions Inspections, etc.
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- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 21:58:16 GMT
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- In article 50485@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU, sgcraw@CS.ColoState.EDU (stewart crawford) writes:
- >all that needs to happen is for the prices of
- >gas to pass the level of these alternatives. alternative energy costs
- >generally are in the $35-40/barrel equivalent range, with current market
- >rates in the $20/barrel range.
- >
- >my (possibly whimsical) solution is to use all we have NOW, as fast
- >as humanly possible (to deplete the supply-side), and assure (through
- >legislative & environmental harrassment) that environmentally sensitive
- >drilling will cost in the $50/barrel range, and POOF! the invisible hands
- >of the free market will guide us to the (now cheaper) alternatives...
- >
- Doesn't make much sense to use all we have as fast as we can?? does this
- mean to drill lots of holes in the ground to get all the oil we can
- as fast as possible? You'll also find that when gas gets up to around
- $25/barrel, we'll just import less and drill some more holes here.
-
- Also, legislative & environmental harrassment is hardly the invisible
- hands of the free market!!
- ---
- Keith Freedman
- Colorado State University
- Department of Computer Science
- Systems Administration
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