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Old 08-11-2008, 03:33 PM  
WhiplashDug
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Its a great idea... but right now it wont work. Can't replace fueled power with wind or solar. Its too unreliable.

See, the thing is, since there isn't a way to store mass amounts of unused power, the power grid has to have fueled power sources on and running equal to what is being produced by the wind so that if/when the wind slows down, or misses a day there is a power source to keep everyone lights on.

NOT to mention, that each wind turbine generates a rather small amount of energy, so you will need millions of them all over... maybe you would like to live next the 300-400 million acres of them? guess we can tear up some farm land, maybe rip out the corn (since ethenol don't really work anyway). Or maybe clear cut a few hundreed million acres of national forest and put them there...

ONLY answer to the energy issue in USA is nuclear power! The cheapest, most efficient power source on earth!
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