Who here supports T. Boone Pickens' Energy Plan?

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NJ5 said:

rocketpig said:

NJ5 said:

According to wikipedia:

U.S. Department of Energy studies have concluded wind harvested in the Great Plains states of Texas, Kansas, and North Dakota could provide enough electricity to power the entire nation, and that offshore wind farms could do the same job.^[61][62] In addition, the wind resource over and around the Great Lakes, recoverable with currently available technology, could by itself provide 80% as much power as the U.S. and Canada currently generate from non-renewable resources.^[63]

This would require the power grid to be upgraded, but nothing comes for free.

I would like to see that study... How much would it cost and how much of the current infrastructure would have to be relocated or removed to make it work?

Not to mention that almost every wind project meets up with stiff opposition from the locals... They're considered an eyesore by most people.

 

At least one of the studies is in wikipedia's reference list:

http://greengold.org/wind/documents/107.pdf

Regarding your last comment... I'm guessing they still oppose it less than coal or nuclear power stations, right?

 

Not really.  Coal and Nuclear stations can be placed in poor areas and other places that can't put up a good resistance.

People would rather have a coal plant somewhere far away then a wind plant ruining their home values.