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1) But then, there are home geothermal units that work just fine. Their main drawback is that capital costs are high. But they do pay for themselves eventually.2) Nonesense. What has been completely unnecessary and a complete waste of taxpayer dollars is the massive tax cuts given to oil companies. But no one said that research into alternative energy would be cheap. Do you think all those oil dericks out in the gulf of Mexico are cheap? How much taxpayer money went into their design and construction? A lot more than has gone into wind research, would be my estimate. And by the way, there certainly has been a lot of progress on alternative energy. I guess you missed that memo, eh?3) That's not entirely true. Wind farms can put a sizable dent in our current carbon usage. It is true that they cannot be up and running 24/7, and so we still need more conventional power plants to suppliment the grid when they are offline. But the fact is that wind plants can make a hefty contribution to our energy needs, and reduce the need to built more dirty plants, and likely can result in taking plants in some areas entirely offline permanently. And the best part is that the energy is free and non-pollutiing. What's not to like?
1) But then, there are home geothermal units that work just fine. Their main drawback is that capital costs are high. But they do pay for themselves eventually.
2) Nonesense. What has been completely unnecessary and a complete waste of taxpayer dollars is the massive tax cuts given to oil companies. But no one said that research into alternative energy would be cheap. Do you think all those oil dericks out in the gulf of Mexico are cheap? How much taxpayer money went into their design and construction? A lot more than has gone into wind research, would be my estimate. And by the way, there certainly has been a lot of progress on alternative energy. I guess you missed that memo, eh?
3) That's not entirely true. Wind farms can put a sizable dent in our current carbon usage. It is true that they cannot be up and running 24/7, and so we still need more conventional power plants to suppliment the grid when they are offline. But the fact is that wind plants can make a hefty contribution to our energy needs, and reduce the need to built more dirty plants, and likely can result in taking plants in some areas entirely offline permanently. And the best part is that the energy is free and non-pollutiing. What's not to like?
