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| Also, keep in mind, that the alternatives are alternatives because they have significant downsides. It's not like Wind, ethanol, and biodiesel, are new products. They've been around for eons. They are alternatives to our conventional industry because they have significant issues. For instance, just all the talk of new transmission lines to support alternative electricity schemes makes me crazy. Why spend billions of dollars to build new, highly vulnerable infrastructure, when the obvious answer is to build efficient power generation close to the point of use? If we could separate out the politics from the engineering, we could get some things done. Obviously, that isn't gonna happen until we get to a crisis point. Interestingly enough, we may be getting to that point. Places in the South are reporting spot power outages due to increased electrical demand from the cold weather. How long until that spreads, or becomes common? | |
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There may be a lesson here....
