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Alternative energy. It's the hottest topic of conversation in Washington, at your office water cooler and with the talking heads on radio and TV.
Alternative shmalternative! The possibility of putting some of these new technologies into real-world practice is so far from realization that I sometimes wonder what the rest of the world is thinking.
Sure, some of these new sciences have very strong support from some very well-heeled companies, particularly fuel-cell technology from United Technologies (UTX Quote), Mitsubishi and Toyota (TM Quote). And despite the economic silliness of it all, it seems that, as a nation, we are ready to go "all in" for ethanol. ...
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