Should government subsidize renewable energy sources such as wind, solar and ethanol?

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[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Results so far:

	No		23%	138 votes	Total: 596 votes
Yes		77%	458 votes

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on 10/20/10

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[TheOldLady]

Thanks for the update.

And a bump.

[dynachrome]

Good!

[American Constitutionalist]

Bump

[American Constitutionalist]

Yes, DITTOS GOOD

[A CA Guy]

No, because the action needs to be in the ability to store all this energy for a long term.
Solar is useless and the adjusted gas fuels both pollute the water we drink and blow the engines up over time.

They should work on cheap desalinization.
Someone should come up with a chemical solution to break down nuclear waste to a benign state.

[Uri’el-2012]

We have been subsidizing Solar Energy
for over thirty years.

It is just not profitable nor cost effective.

[Marine_Uncle]

More people hopefully shall be following the ill gains across Europe in it’s quest to bankrupt it’s governments in the pursue of green industries.

[American Constitutionalist]

Let me re clarify what I mean by saying " Yes, DITTOS GOOD "
I meant, yes, I agree with you that the government should not subsidize renewable energy, let the markets take care of that when there is a real demand for it, and when it's a viable option to oil and gas energy.

[TigersEye]

Absolutely not!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Well...it's on the way...see this thread:

CA: Quote of the week – unbelievable hubris from CARB’s Mary Nichols

[SouthTexas]

Not no, hell no.

Texas leads in the tilting at windmills category and even with the infrastructure paid for, they still cannot produce a reasonably priced product.