How do you justify empirical statements like that? 1) Solar power is proven technology, it does work. An individual can take a house almost entirely off the electrical grid with current technology. Panels are getting exponentially cheaper as newer thin panels come out on the market. Solar used to be cost prohibitive it won't be much longer.
Thin panel installation: http://cleantechnica.com/2008/05/24/a-thin-film-solar-panel-installation/ 2) Wind power works, an individual can supplement solar power cheaply with a roof mounted wind turbine and take a home completely off the grid Wind turbine primer: http://howto.altenergystore.com/Small-Wind-Turbines-Primer/a28/ 3) electric cars, again they work with performance comparable with gas powered vehicles GoKarts: http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/workshop/4264026.html Electric X1 vs. Ferrari: http://news.cnet.com/Second-fastest-sports-car-runs-on-batteries/2100-11389_3-6119237.html Gas vs, Electric http://www.wral.com/golo/blogpost/2428857/ Prices on all of these technologies are coming down rapidly...with more emphasis being place on R&D by the government, what's not affordable now will be in a few years. or is this just you inner Luddite coming out? :) Sam wrote: > We are reducing CO2 emissions more than any other country in the > world, bar maybe Britain that doesn't do much of it's own > manufacturing anymore. > > Meanwhile China and India are increasing emissions faster than we can reduce. > > Solar and Wind are wasted failures. > Electric cars in Europe are a failure. > Throwing money at failed concepts might make you feel good but it's > not a solution. > > > On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 6:27 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The only reason we are not reducing CO2 emissions is because of capitalist >> economic concerns. >> >> Not any other reason. >> >> Our societal structures continue to place profit above mankind. >> >> This is why trillions of dollars in resources can be spent on war and >> military research, billions on oil exploration and discovery research, and >> advances in solar, wind, geothermal etc. take place in small university >> laboratories or startup private companies. >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:283199 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
