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[Goat Blower]

Alternative energy is a joke, as witnessed by Solyndra and other companies our government have poured billions into and then closed their doors. If something is economically feasible, it should be self-suffiicient, not dependent on constant taxpayer funding. Oil and nuclear are the answer, lift the stupid regulations on them trying to make silly ideas like solar and wind feasible. Both have some merit, but only in certain locations and situations.

[jeremy1375]

Originally Posted by Goat Blower

Alternative energy is a joke, as witnessed by Solyndra and other companies our government have poured billions into and then closed their doors. If something is economically feasible, it should be self-suffiicient, not dependent on constant taxpayer funding. Oil and nuclear are the answer, lift the stupid regulations on them trying to make silly ideas like solar and wind feasible. Both have some merit, but only in certain locations and situations.

Alternative energy loses steam when oil gets cheap. There is no infrastructure for it at this point. Solar and wind during the day converted and stored as hydrogen would be one way to work toward solving the issue. Getting people on board is the hard part when alternative energy can't compete with cheap oil.

[tpunx99GSX]

Originally Posted by Goat Blower

Alternative energy is a joke, as witnessed by Solyndra and other companies our government have poured billions into and then closed their doors. If something is economically feasible, it should be self-suffiicient, not dependent on constant taxpayer funding. Oil and nuclear are the answer, lift the stupid regulations on them trying to make silly ideas like solar and wind feasible. Both have some merit, but only in certain locations and situations.

Didnt realize this was the Fox News Forums.
Just because a company that was funded by the government went under is not the only case against Alt Energy. Alternative energy needs to be developed. As a country we need to develop alternative energy as we are slaves to the oil industry. Oil and Nuclear are NOT the answer. Oil is a Non Renewable resource there is a finite supply. The sun is not going out, and Wind is not going to stop, we harness these RENEWABLE resources and we win as a society and a country and not to mention Earth. Its thoughts like yours that are whats wrong with our energy policy. I would rather my tax dollars go towards Alt Energy than Oil Subsidies.

[polishmafia]

Originally Posted by tpunx99GSX

The sun is not going out

Incorrect. In 5 billions years, the sun expand and will engulf Mercury, Venus, and Earth. Then it will go supernova.

Who knows what will happen to Uranus!

[tpunx99GSX]

Originally Posted by polishmafia

Incorrect. In 5 billions years, the sun expand and will engulf Mercury, Venus, and Earth. Then it will go supernova.

Who knows what will happen to Uranus!

Touche. But we will already be moved to a new solar system.

[1ViciousGSX]

Originally Posted by tpunx99GSX

Didnt realize this was the Fox News Forums.
Just because a company that was funded by the government went under is not the only case against Alt Energy. Alternative energy needs to be developed. As a country we need to develop alternative energy as we are slaves to the oil industry. Oil and Nuclear are NOT the answer. Oil is a Non Renewable resource there is a finite supply. The sun is not going out, and Wind is not going to stop, we harness these RENEWABLE resources and we win as a society and a country and not to mention Earth. Its thoughts like yours that are whats wrong with our energy policy. I would rather my tax dollars go towards Alt Energy than Oil Subsidies.

The private market will take care of it and do a better job when the government stops picking winners and losers. Oh, and follow the money,.....

BTW, I'm all for solar, wind and hydro electric power,......... But we are a long way away from producing energy that comes close what fossil fuels can. Fossil fuels still have the highest energy output per volume used.

[tpunx99GSX]

Originally Posted by 1ViciousGSX

The private market will take care of it and do a better job when the government stops picking winners and losers. Oh, and follow the money,.....

BTW, I'm all for solar, wind and hydro electric power,......... But we are a long way away from producing energy that comes close what fossil fuels can. Fossil fuels still have the highest energy output per volume used.

We are a good deal away, but i think is closer than you think. Are we going to eliminate fossil fuels anytime soon. No. But the demand will continue to decrease as cars get more efficient and more geared towards EVs. The more electric vehicles we get, the more viable Solar and wind becomes. Solar panels main challenge is getting the output of the panels more efficient. But they have been increasing more and more every year. (I used to work for a company called Polytec which creates laser vibrometers (laser system that measures vibrations to a picometer) and they were essential in aiding the efficiency of solar panels among other things)

[Halon]

Originally Posted by tpunx99GSX

Didnt realize this was the Fox News Forums.
Just because a company that was funded by the government went under is not the only case against Alt Energy. Alternative energy needs to be developed. As a country we need to develop alternative energy as we are slaves to the oil industry. Oil and Nuclear are NOT the answer. Oil is a Non Renewable resource there is a finite supply. The sun is not going out, and Wind is not going to stop, we harness these RENEWABLE resources and we win as a society and a country and not to mention Earth. Its thoughts like yours that are whats wrong with our energy policy. I would rather my tax dollars go towards Alt Energy than Oil Subsidies.

I personally don't think any one energy solution is the answer. A broad portfolio that consists of several different forms is the answer in my opinion. Too much dependence on any form of energy production makes you a slave to that industry.

Solar and wind are great, I'm all for them. I think they have a roll to play in our energy portfolio, but so does fossil and nuclear and other misc forms of energy production as well. Fossil and nuclear (and some renewable's like Hydro) provide reliable and consistent base load to the grid, something wind and solar do not being that they are more susceptible to changing climates.

[tpunx99GSX]

Originally Posted by Goat Blower

Alternative energy is a joke, as witnessed by Solyndra and other companies our government have poured billions into and then closed their doors. If something is economically feasible, it should be self-suffiicient, not dependent on constant taxpayer funding. Oil and nuclear are the answer, lift the stupid regulations on them trying to make silly ideas like solar and wind feasible. Both have some merit, but only in certain locations and situations.

This is what i was talking to, Vicious, not your comment.