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   -=> Rob Mccart wrote to Dr. What <=-   
      
    RM> Yes, my sister talks about that all the time, plus the money saved,   
    RM> since it's so much less than the original estimate, means that the   
    RM> panels will wear out long before they pay for themselves, rather   
    RM> than being paid off about half way through their estimated life.   
      
   Yup.  The "savings" from solar are primarily in the gov't subsidies, it seems.   
      
    RM> There is new technology that is so efficient that it can use waste from   
    RM> old nuclear power plants to make electricity, but those are a lot more   
    RM> expensive to build. Maybe that's what you're referring to.   
      
   I don't remember.  It's been a while since I really researched that.  But I do   
   know that the technology as changed.  More expensive?  Probably.  Cleaner?    
   Yes.  Less dangerous?  Probably.   
      
    RM> But you still end up with waste that is dangerous for several hundred   
    RM> years rather than 25,000 years, but both numbers are a long term   
    RM> problem.   
      
   Well, 1999 has passed.  So I guess we can start storing all that stuff on the   
   moon.  :)  (If you don't get the reference, look up "Space: 1999".)   
      
    RM> Another new thing is tidal generators on the ocean shores, but that   
    RM> messes up a lot of shoreline.   
      
   That's the problem with any of these "green" types of energy.   
      
   As Thomas Sowell likes to say: "There are no solutions.  Only trade-offs."   
      
    RM> Some areas are super well set up for   
    RM> that though like the Bay of Fundy between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia   
    RM> in Canada. Depending on things the tide from low to high changes by   
    RM> between 40 and 53 feet each day, so it's like loading up a waterfall   
    RM> every day without having a one way river..   B)   
      
   Well, ya.  There are certain types of energy production that work great - but   
   only in certain locations.  Iceland has a great thermo generation system but   
   not everyone gets to live on top of a caldera.  And there are certain drawbacks   
   to that as well.   
      
      
   ... Go ahead, correct my typos.  I'll make more.   
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