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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by mudchicken</i> <br /><br />(1) The cost of the changeover is prohibitive (pointed out justifiably multiple times) <br /> <br />(2) Why do people think that ALL the power put out at the generating site automatically gets to the end user(s)???? <br /> <br />(3) Why do people think that electricity is automatically cleaner than portable diesel electric generators on wheels (aka diesel locomotives)????All you are doing is moving the emissions point source to some other guy's backyard and evil is conserved. <br /> <br />[(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D] <br />[/quote]Mudchicken you have a nice way of putting forth the $ 64,000 question. Said like a true student of human nature and professor of life as it really is, Good post!!!-----[^]
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