Windmill farms are just another way of sticking a finger in a leaking dam. Yes, they generate electricity. Yes, they're a HUGE eyesore!! They're very expensive to build. Can't tell you how many times I see one of those farms and less than 1/2 the turbines are even turning. And while wind can blow at any time, there are many times that there is just not enough wind to do much good - especially provided the expense. In order to make a profit, these farms get money "given" to them by the gov't, which means hard-earned taxpayer dollars. Take that money away and the bottom will fall out of the wind farm market like it did with solar. For them to stay going, energy prices would have to.....oh, how interesting -- "necessarily skyrocket". In actuality, they just have to go up artificially high and stay there, which they have.
I'm not saying we shouldn't try to find alternative energies. However, there have been LOTS of alternative energy ideas that have been shoved aside, simply because the people "in the know" are too hugely invested into these schemes. One older example is jet turbine technology. How many of you remember that Chrysler built a turbine-powered car back in the 50's? Yes, the test units provided less than desired results, but mostly from the operational errors of the testers using them. But they were quite fuel efficient and, if it had taken, the engines would have become HUGELY quieter and more efficient over time. But the ONLY reason Chrysler execs allowed that test to exist was for the publicity of it - that was "The Jet Age".
I've seen dozens of articles of people who have come up with more efficient carburetors, more efficient engines, engines that run on much of the waste we currently send to our landfills, and more! So where are they now? Some have been bought up and are being sat on, as there's too much money in keeping things as they are now. Also, with each new and radical design, there WILL BE bugs to work out. Seems none of these amazing advancements ever gets the chance to make it far enough to work those bugs out.
There's even a company in the UK who is somehow able to extract oil right from the air around us! However, at this particular time, gas prices are too low for them to continue building their infrastructure -- in other words, it's not going to take off anytime soon!
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