Re: Fluorescent Bulbs Are Known to Zap Domestic Tranquillity; Energy-Savers a Turnoff for Wives

["B Fuhrmann" <b-fuhrmann-usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Inflated energy figures seem to be ubiquitous. One has to wonder whether
> they are being deliberately duplicitous or are just stupid to understand
> technical stuff.

The "we know what's good for you" folks have always lied through their
teeth.  The are so wrapped up in trying to make other people's lives match
what they think is good for themselves that facts shouldn't have to get the
way of better good.

Nuclear energy is inherently evil.  How many people die every year from the
energy sources that we have to use instead of it.
How much green house gasses does a nuke facility  put out?
Other than in the Soviet Union (which was always willing to sacrifice lives
to look good) how many people have died from nuclear power.

What percentage of imported fuel has been replaced by Alcohol?
Even if we convert all our existing plants over to the next promised (no one
can show that it actually works at all), how much can we replace?

How much better mileage (using the more realistic 2008 system) do hybrid
cars carrying toxic batteries get.
How far can you actually drive them in the hybrid mode?

How many times have we been promised (and now had claims the they were
intentionally killed off) electric cars?
Not relying on a miracle for new affordable battery technology, how far is
the practical range of an electric car?

Why does biodesel get to count the plants that are cultivated to make it as
a lack of carbon footprint?  The same land left out of agriculture would be
doing better for taking carbon out of the air.

When we get out of energy, the list of lies would swamp this one.