Besides batteries and capacitors, there are actually non-electric power
storage systems that have been used successfully, but these are less
than ideal. One that comes to mind is hydro-pumping; this is similar to
hydroelectric, except the system is closed. That is electricity from
the WTG is
On the issue of storage, you have side-stepped that such solutions are
part of the enviro-impact analysis of such power-generation schemes as
solar and wind. Even if, as you propose, one does not engage in such
solutions as batteries and such, sticking with
ready-made-stored-energy until we're
This is a heck of an article. Some comments below.
With no time to spare, advocates of green energy might want to steal
a page from the Republicans' free market playbook. GOP politicians
and their bloviating brethren at right-wing think tanks love to
declare their support for level playing
I disagree with the idea that the only anticipateable negative enviro
consequence of wind energy is bird kills. I'd prefer to be more
cautious than that. If you develop any of these technologies (solar,
wind, whatever) to the point of providing more than 20 or 30 % of
man's power needs, then I
