Posted by JML755 on February 04, 2009 at 06:36:30 from (66.184.63.110):
In Reply to: The Experiment posted by JOE FARMER on February 03, 2009 at 17:37:27:
Kestrel in CT said: (quoted from post at 23:40:13 02/03/09)
If all states had a similar rebate, the economies of scale would
kick in and drive costs down for this fledgling industry, in my
opinion.
Alternative energy such as solar & wind will never be the primary generation method uniformly across the US due to disparity in effectiveness of the particular method from State to State. I.e. Solar works great in Arizona, but here in Michigan it is not as effective. Same goes for wind. A coastal or mountaintop region might be able to justify the cost, but in a forested flatland probably not so.
I believe that nuclear power generation would be the cleanest most cost-effective way to produce electricity on a mass scale. The technology is proven and other countries do it. However, the tree huggers and NIMBYs hold way too much power for their representative numbers and will stage protest after protest to make sure that doesn't happen. Our politicians don't have the backbone to stand up to these minorities and do what's right for the country.
I'm not knocking those who have "gone off grid". I'd love to do the same myself, but just can't see the payback at this time. Same goes for electric cars. If I have to pay a $10k or $20k premium for an electric car, I probably won't do it as I can buy a lot of gas for that money. It all boils down to $ per kilowatt or $ per mile driven.
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