Brian, you are ignoring the fact that these things are only true with CURRENT implemented technology. The whole point of alternative energy research and development is to improve on current technology. Do you think any existing power technology we use was as efficient as it is now when it was first used?

For example, wind. There are thousands of miles of areas in the U.S. that have very regular and powerful winds. You don't NEED constant wind for wind power to be effective, you just need efficient turbines and the ability to store energy. Wind will not simply stop for no reason; thanks to our weather mapping and predicting technology we can plan wind "farms" in ideal spots.

As for solar, there are several developments that have come about in the last few months that VASTLY improve the storage capacity and efficiency of current solar cells. The technology is not clunky or overly expensive either. Within the next 5-10 years, when it is finished and deployed properly, it will be an incredible improvement over existing solar cells.

The ultimate in power generation is, of course, cold fusion which can generate massive power like nuclear, but has no radioactive waste. Unfortunately, while we are capable of fusion now, it takes so much energy to start the reaction, it is not efficient. European and Asian scientists are researching this further.

Originally Posted by Brian Austin Whitney
Wind is a problematic solution... no place ALWAYS has wind... and there aren't big enough batteries to store power, so it really only works when there's wind, the same problem happens with Sun power as there aren't batteries large enough to cover when there's no sun shine or at night. So those are good supplements, but not real total solutions. Nuclear is a big possibility and I still feel that of all the solutions I have heard, Nitrogen cars sounds the most promising. Perhaps a new technology will spring up, but of all that currently exist, that seems like the very best to me. I hear very little talking about it though. Why is that?

Brian

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