Just so you know what I scream at the TV everytime they bring up ‘alternative energy’ duing debates, interviews, etc:
When the government talks about supporting alternative energy they mean giving taxpayer money to energy companies to pay for inefficient, non profitable boondoggles like the Pickins wind farms. McCain should have bragged everytime Obama accused him of voting against alternative energy.
If alternative energy was really a good alternative they wouldn’t need taxpayer money to prop them up.
Note 1: “While Pickens touts a plan in the name of environmentalism that will also line his company’s pockets, a #dontgo investigation has revealed that another environmental champion and backer of Proposition 10 has also invested in CLNE: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California.
According to the investigation, Pelosi purchased $50,000-$100,000 in CLNE stock on May 25, 2007, apparently on its initial public offering.”
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/?pageId=72225
Note 2: Since the highest energy demands tend to be when the wind is at its lowest, and vice virsa, wind farms do not provide much in terms of efficiency. There are also many physics problems that have not been overcome (Betz’ Law). You still have to have just as many traditional energy sources to make up for the shortage when wind power poops out.
http://www.ftexploring.com/energy/wind-enrgy.html
Then they'll just blame the lack of wind on "global warming".