Your both 100% correct and we had a good one here too. Some 'left over' from the Carter Admin. raised a fuss, Lorin quit and now Tim's 'in the middle'.
He'd rather be spending his efforts on Bonneville and a "victim" here too.
Solar's the way to power most everything in the home and It's free. You just need to learn how to "manage power" is all.
The 'electric car' is only gone for a little longer because people are 'fed up' with high priced transport costs.
A friend did a paper recently on fuel/politics. His conclusion was; "all is well till gas goes over a dollar".
I agree; The Gene is out of the bottle.
