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Sunday, December 28, 2008

Alternative energy breaks down into two distinct categories. First there is electric power generation where wind turbines and solar cell and solar concentrator technology offer potential for partial satisfaction of the demand, but nuclear power is needed to provide base load. There are currently plans for 30 nuclear power plants in the US, which will go a long way to satisfying electric energy demand. Second is the need for a transportation fuel. There is a lot of talk about electric plug-ins, but it is likely that the electric power grid is not up to having a lot of folks plug in their car after the drive home from work. Hydrogen gets a lot of talk, but there is simply no infrastructure for it now. Biodiesel has some potential, especially in the South where the temperature is high enough to keep the fuel from congealing. There is no current infrastructure for any of these alternative transportation fuel systems. Scrapping the existing infrastructure would represent a huge capital loss, and building a new infrastructure will be expensive. Here is another view of the alternative energy situation. As usual, the recommendation is for a tax to solve the situation. No one seems to realize that taxes harm the economy.

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/driving-into-an-environmentally-correct-future/2/

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