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re: Jammer & Dynome responses, I guess I would need to see a credible source cited (rather than accept your word) to find credence in the claim that power plant emmissions are less than that of super efficient ice's. I personally practice what I preach, having successfully powered my personal residence completely offgrid for the last 14 years. I have one of the largest solar/wind stand-alone residential systems in the country, and I am pretty sure my LP powered backup genny is cleaner than the coal gasification plants I grew up near in my home State of N Dakota. If you are using renewables as a benchmark, are we considering hydro as such? If that is the case, the argument holds no water (so to speak), as the environmental damage caused by damning rivers and their tributaries is fairly staggering. Again though, you dont have to sell me on renewables, as I actually DO IT in real life.....

As an individual who has produced almost ALL (90%) of my home's power for the last 14 years through renewable sources, I do find the arising "conflicts" amusing. Rather than skirt around what is the ONLY issue (and the major cause of ALL problems) on earth, perhaps it should be mentioned that as long as the birthrate in India (or anywhere else) remains 6 children per woman, starvation will be an unfortunate fact of life. Certainly the rest of the world should not be held accountable for their poor choices (or those of others). Biodiesel production will remain an important factor in energy independance, no matter the political posturing.