YankeyMCC

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Sat Nov-10-07 10:23 AM
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True Cost of Alternative Energy - From Science Blog

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People who advocate alternative energy (i.e. not oil or natural gas) often fail to appreciate the true cost of developing the necessary technology. Courtesy of Cryptogon, I now present a chart that illustrates these true costs, in proper perspective.
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(Trust me the graph is worth a look ;) )

http://scienceblogs.com/corpuscallosum/2007/11/true_cost_of_alternative_energ.php

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NC_Nurse

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Sat Nov-10-07 10:33 AM
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1. Ha! That graph says it all.

:thumbsup:

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shireen

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Sat Nov-10-07 11:09 AM
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2. amazing!

Edited on Sat Nov-10-07 11:10 AM by shireen

we could have done so much good with the money represented in that last column.

Instead, we used it to KILL.

This is overwhelmingly sick.

I feel so angry when I see figures like that because we all know who is getting that money: Bush cronies in the military industrial complex and other no-bid contract Bush benefactors. Those parasites bled us dry to make themselves rich. So that's what they mean by public service! Meanwhile, most lower and middle class people, including some folks here at DU, are struggling to make ends meet. The chasm that's developed between the super-rich and the rest of us is obscene.

I WANT A REFUND !!!

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YankeyMCC

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Sat Nov-10-07 11:26 AM
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3. "Obscene"

Is absolutely the correct word.

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suziedemocrat

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Sat Nov-10-07 12:06 PM
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4. K&R

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eppur_se_muova

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Sat Nov-10-07 09:54 PM
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5. Excellent find! And I liked this response:

"We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security."
--Dwight D. Eisenhower

(I hoped he meant that as a metaphor but now I'm not so sure.)

Posted by: decrepitoldfool | November 10, 2007 11:50 AM

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