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Subject: Yes, embrace nuclear! Haven't some rational minds here been saying that for awhile now....

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bubba

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Date Posted: 07:20:13 11/09/06 Thu
In reply to: DE 's message, "Still winning, more coal please...." on 05:05:28 11/09/06 Thu

...damn, I'm faxing a resume down to the IEA today!

Six figures and no taxes. I'll be stylin'!

>International Energy Agency Warns of Effects of Rise
>in Coal Consumption
>
>November 09, 2006 � By Sam Fleming, Daily Mail
>LONDON � We are burning our way to an increasingly
>"dirty future" thanks to the world's growing reliance
>on coal, the world's leading energy watchdog warned.
>
>The International Energy Agency said the rise in coal
>consumption since 2003 has been as great as in the
>previous 23 years.
>
>That's because China and India are devouring huge
>amounts of the fuel amid an economic boom, the agency
>said.
>
>Developing countries in Asia will account for over
>85pc of the growth in coal use over the next 25 years,
>the IEA predicts. As a result, China will by 2010 be
>belching out more greenhouse gases than the US.
>
>Governments need to bite the bullet and embrace
>nuclear power to wean themselves from environmentally
>damaging fuels, the IEA said.
>
>Combined with greater energy efficiency, that
>investment will more than pay off over the longer
>term.
>
>"On current trends we are on course for a dirty,
>expensive and unstable energy future. In response,
>urgent government policy action is required,"
>executive director Claude Mandil said. The stark
>warning comes a week after the UK Stern Report
>predicted failure to address climate change could tip
>the world into a new depression.
>
>The IEA warned that we are likely to become
>increasingly reliant on unpredictable regimes such as
>Iran, Iraq and Russia for our oil and gas.
>
>Oil prices may close in on the $100 mark by 2030, far
>higher than the IEA predicted last year.
>
>If producers don't step up investment, a barrel of
>crude could rise above $130.

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