rocketpig on 16 September 2008
Wind is bloody expensive to maintain but its use should be explored for certain areas of the country.
I definitely agree that a multi-pronged approach is badly needed. Solar in the southwest, tidal and other oceanic resources where available, geo-thermal in the midwest, and nuclear whereever possible.
Combine that with incentives for clean drilling in the US and this country could be sitting in pretty good shape in twenty years. Almost completley energy-independent. We have the resources and the space to exploit these energy sources better than any other country, possibly excepting Russia (abundance of resources) and Canada (large resources, lack of population).
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