Posted on 11/29/2008 8:47:20 AM PST by saganite
They've probably convinced the gummint to pay for the hard parts of the job.
“Meanwhile, we sit on enough oil, gas, and coal in the United States to get us by for hundreds of years - until a technology allows us to actually come up with an alternative to those fuels”.
Rumor has it that one of the first things the new congress will do is reinstate the offshore drilling ban and pass a law that permanently locks up ANWR.
“Don’t blame the search engine for this one. The poster changed the title by leaving out the word ‘exposed.’ “
The poster who beat me to this article had to shorten the title just as I had to because of the limit of 100 characters for titles set by FR. Interestingly the other poster came up with exactly the same solution that I did.
Oh really. Well I’ll tell you what is ignorant are the people that won’t even try anything new or even giving anything new a chance without whining about it. Its the ole just give me my oil attitude that gave us $4.25 a gallon gas. One thing for sure, high gas prices will be back. Its not always about being the absolute cheapest fastest right now source of energy, but how does it affect the country and its security in the long run. Is wind the only answer, probably not but its one of many. If we’ve learned anything from $148 dollar oil is that no one source of energy should ever be relied upon so much that we can’t get along without it.
Wind isn’t any kind of answer at all and the only thing you need to do to prove that is to look at the enormous govt subsidies required to even get anyone to build them. You constantly see reports about the amount of installed windpower but the reality is that they only produce at approx 30% of the installed power and the power produced is necessarily fickle since it depends on wind. This article sites one windfarm in England that produces at 7% of it’s rated capacity. In the real world where market forces decide what gets built and efficiency is a key requirement these things wouldn’t get off the drawing board. You need to consider that the billions spent on these windmills would be much better allocated by the market and produce better results thereby further lessening our dependence on foreign oil if the market were allowed to work. It’s sad to see the level of ignorance of how a functioning capitalist market should work, especially here on FR.
Add to that the possibility of wind power surges knocking out computers etc and you have a poor substitute. We were hit by a wind power surge last summer that killed my printer.
We are looking at energy slavery for decades until someone has courage to talk drilling/nuclear.
Pray for W, Palin and Our Troops
Which is indeed, just plain ignorant.
Try to educate yourself on where the vast majority of US fossil energy comes from, and you won't make such idiotic remarks.
Actually its sarcastic truth because that is what most people as a result of their actions and attitudes end up doing.
I’m in that industry and know the hype all too well.
Can it be proven, I doubt it, but it sure was convenient.
Would it be hilarious if the greenies learned that their whole agenda was based on corporate malfeasance?
Sort of makes you wonder how the Germans beat us to inventing guided missles and almost beat us in inventing the bomb. Only a fool would fall for wind-power as anything but a very minor source of power...like in a wind-mill for pumping water for livestock for example.
Black Friday warning: video games waste energy and contribute to global warming
Scientific American | 11/28/08 | Larry Greenemeier
Posted on 11/28/2008 12:05:22 PM PST by Abathar
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2139694/posts
Green Screens: Adjusting TV’s Settings Can Save Energy (TVs Cause Global Warming)
Madistan.com | November 25, 2008 | Jeff Richgels
Posted on 11/27/2008 7:12:11 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2139169/posts
Battery Life Breakthrough Could Increase Li-Ion Capacity by 1000%
ZoomLife | 11/25/08 | Sebastian Schepis
Posted on 11/25/2008 8:12:11 PM PST by LibWhacker
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2138482/posts
Wind Energy Reaches 43 Percent Of Spain’s Electrical Demand
North American Windpower | 11/25/2008
Posted on 11/25/2008 9:55:16 AM PST by Uncledave
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2138161/posts
65 posted on 11/28/2008 7:44:11 AM PST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2138161/posts?page=65#65
Here’s a radical idea: Why not use OIL for our energy?
“Another very recent study cited the impact of off shore wind turbines to the marine life. The distortion to air flow over the ocean surface, disturbs the patterns of thermal currents and very small marine life, which in turn impact all of the larger, dependent marine life.”
Things like this are where I’m concerned when it comes to wind power. You can’t generate energy from something without removing it from the source (i.e. gasoline to heat, wood to heat, water flow to electricity, etc.). I wonder if any studies have been performed on the environmental impact of the entire western plains covered with windmills (as in Pickens’ dream). I’ve got to believe that the land in the immediate wake of these farms will be desert land, and further down the pike, I see could see serious drought conditions forming.
Wind is the primary climate generator on the planet. While high-level winds may or may not be impacted, local climate at the surface will almost definitely be (and that could cascade to the higher atmospheric levels as well).
Then again, I’m not a blond bubble-headed meteorologist...
...so what do I know?
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