Hi Dragan,

Not any really good energy options in the U.S. but here are a few:

BioEnergy - promising, there must be enough waste out there to use!
geothermal - promising but not available everywhere
wind - available only in a few select locations
solar - can only provide a portion of a homeowner's energy reqmts
gas - fossil fuel that uses natural gas reserves and causes pollution
oil - fossil fuel and relies on external sources and contributes to the U.S. being an oil hog, pollutes, etc.
electric - generated by hydropower (impacts on watershed and kills many species of fish and aquatic life) or nuclear (scary) based
wood - causes the destruction of tropical forests (or so they say)...also adds particles and carbon to the air when it burns...
coal - cannot be used legally in the U.S. in new construction

Which do you use?

>>Hilmar,
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>>So you think it's out of control.
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>>But then why would prices go up UNLESS someone is making a nice buck on this?
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>>Someone *IS* making a nice buck! And it looks like it's the same person who sets the price. When you have a captive market - which is where things are now with oil - people HAVE TO BUY. The law of supply and demand is not operative in such cases, but it's awfully handy to make it look like it is the cause.
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>>something definitely stinks. I still guess it comes down to WHO is setting the price and what THEY get out of the price.
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>Captive market is the key. When did addicts complain about the price? They'll buy their fix no matter what the price, and will only complain if there's a shortage.
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>And the set of "oil junkie" countries is easy to enumerate.