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Old 04-27-2009, 09:28 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by aerohead View Post
... we need to be firmly grounded in good science when we're throwing quanta around.
That does not put us in disagreement, and I have been advocating a standard conversion factor since August. I do think that would be "fair", but I don't think making a move in favor of ICEs in the name of fairness is a good way to frame it. You want to look at the whole energy chain, as really there is no other fair way to compare them.

I'm quite willing to just give citicar guy some slack myself for now too, rather than peel the onion on the energy chain.
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