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Sounds good for part of our energy. But the public would never go for it.
So it would probably be dead before it ever got started.
The public is hard to satisfy.
Had a guy locally who wanted to put up windmills to furnish all his
electricity and ajoining neigbers electricity. He was not allowed to do it,
even though it was his own land and own money. Because some thought that it
was ugly and didn't like the site of the windmills.
Shoot, in some town one is not allowed to put up satelites because they are
considered ugly.
What a world we live in.
Come to think of it. We are not allowed to drill for oil, at places were we
know there is plenty of oil.
Imagine that.
I believe we need to work on all ideas for the future. But I still believe
that for the future as far as me and my kids, that ethanol and coal
gasification are what is needed now and in the near future. Let private and
public companies do it with the Gov. help.
I say work on anything and everything that can help now and in the future
and have gov. help.
Many private and public companies have been doing the work for years. Lets
lend a helping hand and get it done.
I know. I know.
An oil well sounds great. As long as it is not in my area.
A solar field sounds great. As long as it is not in my area.
A wind mill farm sounds great. As long as it is not in my area.
A nuclear plant sounds great. As long as it is not in my area.
Well, I don't mind any of them in my area if it helpd us all in the long
run.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Fritz" <fritz@xxxxxxxx>
To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 12:39 PM
Subject: Re: RES: stock to buy- GPRE
On 4 Jul 2008 at 21:41, Randy wrote:
No matter how much we want or hope for a solar , wind alternative
energy solution .....it's not going to happen . Lump them all together
and the most optimistic forecasts are 5-10 percent of current
consumption.
It doesn't have to be. I did a back-of-envelope calculation once to see
how
much solar energy could be produced on the government-owned lands of the
desert Southwest. It would take an area of roughly 40,000 square miles to
produce energy equal to the ENTIRE energy budget of the US, assuming
only 10% efficiency. The US Govt owns 200,000 square miles of prime solar
real estate in Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico. If they would cede 50k or
100k of that land to a US Energy Trust, they could launch a "man-on-the-
moon" class of initiative that could make the US entirely energy self-
sufficient, and virtually eliminate our dependence on polluting energy
sources like coal or nuclear.
Yes, there would be environmental impacts in the area -- but consider the
environmental and economic impacts of coal mining, burning coal or oil,
disposing of nuclear wastes -- or engaging in wars in the Mideast.
Should we try to replace 100% of the US energy consumption with solar?
Probably not, as there are other problems involved. But it could provide
a
HUGE percentage of the energy this country needs, with a self-built and
self-
owned source of endless clean energy.
Gary
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