Why not

[Will9]

Earlier today I watched a show on alternative energy. It said solar pawer plant in the 1/10 the size of Nevada could power the entire United States if placed in place with stong enough sunlight. Also, we could all our power from wind, but it would take alot and 20% is the current goal. Also Britain could power itself from what are basiclly wind mills underwater in the North Sea. also, 17% of the world's people could use geothermal energy especially in southern Europe and the Asian part of the Ring oif Fire.

With all this potential, why has so little been done?

[LordShiva]

Even if all this is true, the fact that hippies support such measures makes them unattractive to everyone else

[Flubber]

Re: Why not

Originally posted by Will9
Earlier today I watched a show on alternative energy. It said solar pawer plant in the 1/10 the size of Nevada could power the entire United States if placed in place with stong enough sunlight. Also, we could all our power from wind, but it would take alot and 20% is the current goal. Also Britain could power itself from what are basiclly wind mills underwater in the North Sea. also, 17% of the world's people could use geothermal energy especially in southern Europe and the Asian part of the Ring oif Fire.

With all this potential, why has so little been done?

I think for the most part because it was expensive

[SlowwHand]

I think solar and wind is the only way to go.

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by LordShiva
Even if all this is true, the fact that hippies support such measures makes them unattractive to everyone else

Many of the stuff shirts now, were once, part of the stop 'N, drop Out, Pass out era, umm, know just a bit of that, maybe they will support it?

[DRoseDARs]

The nice thing about Nevada is we have pretty good geothermal potential so we could meet a large portion of our needs that way and supplement the rest with solar and wind power, also plentiful here. We'd be in good shape to be a major exporter to nearby states, particularly California, but we're strapped for cash as it is. Start-up capital is just about a pipe dream.

[Will9]

Originally posted by DRoseDARs
The nice thing about Nevada is we have pretty good geothermal potential so we could meet a large portion of our needs that way and supplement the rest with solar and wind power, also plentiful here. We'd be in good shape to be a major exporter to nearby states, particularly California, but we're strapped for cash as it is. Start-up capital is just about a pipe dream.

Why don't make Nevada a giant alternative energy power plant. They already have Hoover Dam.

Wait, what will we do Las Vagas.

[DRoseDARs]

Vegas gets the lion's share of Hoover's power, but by itself it isn't enough to meet modern Vegas' needs. We just opened a large solar plant which can power 15,000 homes in southern Nevada (re:Vegas) so we'll see over the next few years how that work's out. I think it would behoove Senator Reid, in his capacity as Senate Majority Leader, to push for major aid packages and incentives for states and private companies to accelerate the construction of new alternative energy plants. Like I said, Nevada is a really good position to be a major player in that regard.

[SlowwHand]

Tax Dis. An air tax.

[snoopy369]

Will9 ... why are you leaving out a lot of the connectors in your sentences? You normally don't type with that bad of grammar...

Oh, is this a knurd thread?

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by snoopy369
Will9 ... why are you leaving out a lot of the connectors in your sentences?

Because he wouldn't be Will9 if it were any other way

[self biased]

Re: Why not

Originally posted by Will9


With all this potential, why has so little been done?

the short answer is that there's no way right now for people to make a profit on it, so it hasn't been done.

[Will9]

Originally posted by snoopy369
Will9 ... why are you leaving out a lot of the connectors in your sentences? You normally don't type with that bad of grammar...

I was hurry type that. (translation: I was in a hurry to type that)

[Bkeela]

A recent Australian solar power innovation should make solar farms way more attractive.

While solar power is clean and green, the great drawback for it has always been cost: it is more expensive than coal or gas-generated electricity. But could that finally be about to change? Researchers at ANU certainly think so. They’ve invented a new kind of solar cell that will slash the cost of solar panels. People will chose to put solar on their rooves, they say, because the panels will provide cheaper electricity than power from the grid.

The new kind of solar cells are called sliver cells, and the reason they are so cheap to manufacture is because they use 90% less silicon than standard solar panels. One of Australia’s largest utility companies is so convinced of the technology’s potential they have bought the rights to it and have already built a pilot factory to produce the new solar panels.

http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s1865651.htm

[Starchild]

My friends laughed at my idea of drilling a borehole in the ocean floor and turning it into a giant geothermal plant.