Chris Bryant wrote:
donn0128 wrote:
Power, no matter what form aint cheap. What these eco groups and the electric vehicle wannabees all fail to address is, where is all this electricity coming from? Thats right, its coming from coal,nuclear, and hydroelectric sources. All polluters in the eyes of the eco crowd. So, whats the long term solution? I have no clue, but electric vehicles is probably not it when you factor in disposal costs for all those batteries, not counting the energy costs to product them in the first place.
Solar and wind are now cheaper than just about anything other than hydro. Batteries are simply recycled, not disposed of.
If that's true then why is the government still subsidizing the installation of wind generators? Solar and wind both still depend on the weather to get the job done, and efficiency drops dramatically when the weather is unfavorable. Despite having wind towers all over the countryside around here, our power still comes from coal. We have seen zero benefit from wind power, even though I can see a field of windmills from my driveway.
