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Originally Posted by Goat Blower

Joke as in those technologies are not anywhere near being ready to replace any existing technologies right now, like oil and nuclear. You can't just turn on most alternative energy sources when you need them, so then you need essentially large batteries or capacitors to store that unused energy, which is expensive. They don't have anywhere near the efficiency of existing solutions, and until they can compete in that respect, they remain largely a waste of time. The free market will always define the better solution.

I don't disagree that they have their place, and as technology increases, they might be worth something on the world market. But to try and say solar is the future? You do realize that we have cloud cover here in MN for about half the year, right? How well are those panels working here? Do they work in places like AZ or NV? Places that have sunlight 350 days a year? Absolutely, as long as you have the infrastructure to harness that energy and distribute it. Certain things make sense in certain areas.

Wind power has been around a long time and besides being ugly, has some merit. Have you ever driven through the windmill farms just east of Los Angeles? Ugly and more expensive, but that's Kalifornia for ya.

Hydro power. I wouldn't really consider it alternative energy, but it's renewable and constant, this might be my favorite of all, but limited in some ways by geographic placement.

You do realize they have clouds in AZ, NV and CA right? To completely write off and R&D for alternative renewable resources is just stupid. You dont seems to grasp the concepts of Alternative energy such as not relying on one source of energy for everything. I.e. you wouldnt just go based solely on solar or wind but have a combination of many sources of energy that is clean and not dependent on foreign affairs.
And yes i have driven through the wind farms east of los angeles and honestly The smog cloud i flew into on the trip into los angeles was much more ugly, and dangerous.