Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Alternative Energy


I wonder if the advocates of the common forms of alternative energy: wind, solar, and geothermal are sincere. Do they really believe that there's a chance that these will ever be a cost-effective replacement for even 50 percent of the energy usage of the United States are any part of the world? (ok, geothermal works for Iceland...)


In the case of wind, there are days when there is no wind, in the case of solar there are days when there is some or a total cloud cover.


The only way these technologies are even getting a tryout is the government subsidies. Would they ever reach a point where they could be competitive?


One day, it will all be nuclear power anyway. Let that day come soon.

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