I cite wiki b/c its a quick and easy search...and usually easily explainable. None of the info I'm talking about is from there.
First and foremost, my brother is a petroleum and natural gas engineer. He's working with a company pioneering new drilling techniques, including one where they drill into coal beds before they are strip mined in order to pull out the natural gas pockets that exist in the coal beds. That way, they dont just strip mine and let the gas float off.
I'd like to see where wind power isnt profitable. Where I hunt in WV there are TONS of these that provide quite a bit of power to DC. There are also large amounts of them to the east of El Paso, TX. I liken this to the way we buy jets. Sure, if we only buy 100 F-22s, they're going to cost us $200 mil each....but if we'd buy 200 of them, the cost per jet goes down considerably.
Similarly, if you buy 5 wind generators, yeah, sure, you're not gonna get much out of that. But if we start building farms of 100 of them, well....I think we'd be better off. Again...there are people attempting to put these up - my point isnt whether or not they are profitable - the point is the IRONY of the democrats - they are calling for renewable energy, yet turn around and block it, citing killing birds and/or ruining landscape.
Yet again...still waiting for a democrat to state what their solution is to the "energy and economic crisis"
I have a feeling i'll be waiting for a while. at least republicans are trying things - democrats are so quick to point fingers and call out flaws, yet offer ZERO alternative solutions. You REALLY think that taxing windfall profits from big oil is going to lower gas prices or help the economy? Better yet, lets impeach Bush, that will solve our issues w/ oil prices and the economy!!!! What a joke....
Hasta