[Da Coyote]

Industry - given it’s own drives, designs IPADs and IPODs.

Government - given it’s own incompetence, designs CFLs.

And any (that’s as in ANY) science type worthy of the degree would have told government toads that wind and solar aren’t viable yet.

Perhaps later on when we get the government t*rds off our backs and we tech types can do some research and design...but not until.

[stboz]

....science type(s) worthy of the degree would have told government toads that wind and solar aren’t viable yet.

One problem is efficient storage and release of energy from wind and solar. Until that's made economical, Greenies are just barking at the moon.

[expatpat]

The problem with wind is a problem that is not amenable to tech type efforts.

Sometimes the wind doesn't blow. Unfortunately, this often happens on those hot hazy sweltering days when the demand for electricity is at its highest. So, you have to have enough supply without wind-energy to cover those times, so what good does wind do?

Maybe the tech types can come up with cheap Terawatt-hour energy storage, so power generated on windy days could be saved for a sweltering day. Pumping water uphill into a reservoir for hydro power later might do it, but the economics....