[CutePuppy]

Why, oh why, if not for the purpose of the enrichment of so few [eco-scaremongers] at the expense of so many?

[bruinbirdman]

"The economics at the moment make the returns marginal."

Of course, this is of no concern to the state.

In Nevada, the state has mandated 15-20% renewable energy sources by regulated utilities by 2015 or so.

So giant solar energy plants are being constructed and subsidized. Green architecture gets property tax breaks.

Well, duh "The economics at the moment make the returns marginal negative" causing increases in utility rates and taxes.

yitbos

[Westlander]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcrO4USqRfo

[Hardastarboard]

Wind, solar, and bio-mass energy sources are dependent upon notoriously unreliable nature. What happens if peak demand exceeds the ability of wind powered electric generating units to keep up? What if climate change, despite all the arguing about it, is a permanent feature of the earth, not subject to man's puny efforts, and the wind dies down in an area where wind power is vital?

What happens to the power generation grid if we get an unexpected tornado through a wind generating farm? How long will that take to bring back on line? Will people be willing or able to wait a year or more for the turbines to be rebuilt? What happens to bio-mass energy in a drought period (think Dust Bowl / Grapes of Wrath here)?

The people who have taken responsibility (more like siezed control) for our future, the Congress and the Federal bureaucracy, are complete, utter, dangerous fools. We're going to have to stand up to this at some point, or the consequences are going to be severe, immediate, and deadly, unlike global warming, which is no worse than a sweaty day in an apartment with no air conditioning, if it exists at all.