Not to 'encourage' you, you may not sway anybody who is bound and determined to reduce their carbon footprint and save the planet, yet you have made the most sound arguments for the gasoline vs electric car debate I have seen. Glad you took the time to put your thoughts to word.
Thank you again. I am sure there are much better written articles out there from more qualified individuals. Alternative energy has been an interest of mine for nearly 50 years. Unfortunately, wind and solar, the primary options being pushed by the left are dead ends outside of very specific applications.
We have friends who live off the grid using a combination of solar, wind, and a propane powered backup generator. It works for them, but they have told me many times that despite the exorbitant initial cost from the power company and the government subsidies they received... it still would have been much cheaper and easier to have just payed for the transformer and run the wires a mile down to the main road.
We live in an area where we have frequent power outages in the winter. All of our neighbors and us have backup generators. I converted ours to natural gas years ago and have metered the hell out of it. Surprisingly, the results of my record keeping gave me a much better understanding of power generation concepts that would seem to apply on a much larger scale.
Our little 5.5 kwh generator uses almost the same amount of fuel producing 25% of its rated electrical capacity as it does at 75% of its rated capacity. On a larger scale if you need a coal or natural gas powered electrical generation facility of a certain capacity for your peak demand. Running it at lower capacities when intermittent wind and solar facilities are generating power saves much less fuel than what one might expect.