There’s obviously not much analytical thought or honest speech going on between the big wind turbine corporations and gas-electric company mafia (both using their precious governments and both lazy).
Meanwhile, some independent families are doing fine with home-built wind turbines in the mountains (large alternators, strong construction), and the corporate-government morons are violating property rights by outlawing them (building heights, licensing particular manufacturers, etc.).
ANY energy plan to requires subsidy is doomed in my opinion.
If there is money to be made, power companies will figure it out, and build it, if they are allowed.
From a different Thread ...
A clunker that travels 12,000 miles a year at 15 mpg uses 800 gallons of gas a year.
A vehicle that travels 12,000 miles a year at 25 mpg uses 480 gallons a year.
So, the average Cash for Clunkers transaction will reduce US gasoline consumption by 320 gallons per year.
They claim 700,000 vehicles so that’s 224 million gallons saved per year.
That equates to a bit over 5 million barrels of oil.
5 million barrels is about 5 hours worth of US consumption.
More importantly, 5 million barrels of oil at $70 per barrel costs about $350 million dollars
So, the government paid $3 billion of our tax dollars to save $350 million.
We spent $8.57 for every dollar saved
(Wish I remembered who I stole the above from)
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