What we need is some sort of liquid substance that has very concentrated energy stored in the form of chemical bonds. Perhaps this miracle liquid could be oxidized in some kind of machines to produce the electrical energy we need. Where will we find such a liquid?
I am sure it makes perfect sense to government. Just as the program to pay windfarms not to produce electricity.
lol
//sarcasm
Just 360 more years like this - and that baby will be paid off!!
Oh hey....that’s only another $997,215 million of wasted taxpayer dollars.
No biggie.
There’s plenty more where that came from.
Oh wait.....
Oh hey....that’s only another $997,215 thousand of wasted taxpayer dollars.
No biggie.
There’s plenty more where that came from.
Oh wait.....
They can write those savings off when maintenance expenses kick in. Give it awhile, and Reno will be returning to Washington with their hands out. If wind and solar energy are the best replacement for carbon energy, it’s time to extricate ourselves out of this alternative fantasy, and get back to exploiting our plentiful energy resources, coal, natural gas, oil, shale, deep wells, and off shore drilling. We will progress to new energies and future technologies by utilizing the best energy resources we have have now.
Bump
I went to a seminar on PV solar engineering at NV Energy's HQ a couple years ago put on by an engineer in the PV field. Brilliant guy. On a tour of the grounds he was asked about the wind generator on their grounds. He is a very diplomatic gentleman so he didn't say much except (to paraphrase), "I doubt if it even produces enough power to offset the cost of the energy used by the transformer hooked to it."
Energy sources that use more than they generate can indeed be called alternative, as in an alternative to something that actually works.