"I just don't see these wind-turbines generating enough electricity to make a difference. I'm no expert though. mxteam44

Than check with those who are and learn how important wind farms are becoming.

Bev's crackin me up. You go girl :-)

Keep improving solar (without animal research or by-products). No nukes. Get out of the ocean.

From the comments I've seen so far, people are arguing that solar power doesn't work. However, isn't this article about windpower? About 5 years ago when T Boone Pickins recommended it I thought Americans were united and overall in favor of it. Then Obama recommends it and now it becomes political. Oh well.

I just don't see these wind-turbines generating enough electricity to make a difference. I'm no expert though.

You haven't seen the latest Obama regulations on drilling for anything...yet.

"Sounds great huh? How is the electricity wired back to the mainland?? Would be extremely expensive to do. Electricity cannot be transmitted through the air. Lightpoles, lines underneath the ocean floor? Need to build more coal plants with more clean burn technology."

Good point, except...if we build more coal plants, won't we need lightpoles and/or lines to transmit the energy from coal technology too? I'm not sure why the means of transmission is a drawback for wind power, but not coal.

Sounds great huh? How is the electricity wired back to the mainland?? Would be extremely expensive to do. Electricity cannot be transmitted through the air. Lightpoles, lines underneath the ocean floor? Need to build more coal plants with more clean burn technology. daheels3

The expert has spoken! I'm glad we cleared that up.

Put turbines on top of oil platforms. The best of both worlds...

The largest Solar farm currently in US is Copper Mountain is 380 acres holding 775,000 solar panels only produces 55 Megawatts of DC power, less once converted to AC. This is at at optimum productivity which occurs maybe six hours a day and only on sunny days. may produce theoretical power for 17,000 homes. It can't be used directly but has to be piped into the grid through regular power plants. Compare to the average nuclear power plant of 846 Megawatts.

OK I'm not against wind or solar but lets keep our expectations reasonable. Your power will not be free or even cheaper. Some of you howl about being pushed around by big oil, Well how about big wind...(yes I said that).... These fields cost hundreds of millions to build and maintain. Who do think are going to build them...That's right the only ones who can afford to build them, big corporations. They will expect to make a substantial profit for their troubles. And I doubt they are going to sell their power to you directly. no they are going to sell it to the power companies who will then disperse it through the grids they already own. The same is true of solar energy farms.

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