>From Jones: > [JB:] There are dedicated sites for wind energy. The first place > any legitimate windpower inventor would go, would be there. The > claim of 100 windmills in operation is a giveaway - a red flag > the size of China that this guy is a fraud.... > > BTW in looking on a legitimate wind site to see if there was > any report of this Boswell-BS (there was not) the following tidbit > did offer a little surprise: > > "A little less than three months into the year, the dust is still > settling on the largest batch of new wind power construction the > U.S. has ever seen. In 2008, the U.S. wind industry activated over > 8,300 MW of new capacity, swelling the U.S. cumulative total by 50% > to over 25,000 MW and pushing the U.S. above Germany as the country > with the largest amount of wind energy capacity installed." > > Pretty encouraging for real wind-power, no?
I keep hoping there is still serious R&D working on the technology to harvest wind energy from 10,000 - 15,000 feet, where the jet stream blows faithfully 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and at several times the ground speed. Yeah, yeah, I know... I know... it's a crazy idea! Too impractical! Too dangerous! Where would the jets fly! Crazy enough to work. > Of course the tax credits made most of this happen - but they are > nothing in comparison to the oil depletion allowance- the biggest > wealth giveaway in US history.... > > Jones This brings up an issue what worries me the most. The need to maintain stable tax credits for the long term. We have a fickle congress when it comes to these matters. Everyone complains about congress not doing enough, especially when gas was flirting with the $4.00 a gallon mark. But then, a couple of months latter when gas prices tank, the same individuals could just as easily start complaining to congress about why their hard earned tax dollars are being spent on some weird pork barrel project - to grow algae. ... I ain't goina pay for some government scientists to grow Green slime! Without sufficient guarantees of financial stability to fund R&D for the long term I fear we will not be able to develop mature AE sources. Cheap fossil fuels will continue to trash the most promising AE efforts as voters (and clueless politicians voted into office) take the easy exit. From past experience our nation's commitment to these kinds of long term tax credits has been dismal. The trashing of AE R&D happened in the 80s. It could just as easily happen again in today's environment where cheap fossil fuels once again stroke the pocketbooks tax payers. But then, there's always The Rapture to look forward to. It could happen! Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
