As I've already pointed out, there is so much shit going on now that $200+ per barrel oil is just over the horizon. If that happens I doubt there will be much bellyaching about evil oil companies and more about how to get that shit out of the ground ASAP. If you think that putting up windmills will save you then you are sadly mistaken, for too long energy policy has been influenced by scientific illiterates. Don Quixote should have warned you of the futility of tilting at windmills!
From Wiki;
Wind power, as an alternative to
fossil fuels, is plentiful,
renewable, widely distributed,
clean, produces no
greenhouse gas emissions during operation and uses little land.[SUP]
[5][/SUP] Any
effects on the environment are generally less problematic than those from other power sources. As of 2010 wind energy production was over 2.5% of worldwide power, growing at more than 25% per annum. The overall cost per unit of energy produced is similar to the cost for new coal and natural gas installations.[SUP]
[6][/SUP] Although wind power is a popular form of energy generation, the construction of wind farms is not universally welcomed.[SUP]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power
And;
The use of
wind power in the United States has expanded quickly over the last several years. Construction of new wind power generation capacity in the first quarter of 2012 totaled 1695
megawatts (MW) bringing the cumulative installed capacity to 48,611 MW.[SUP]
[1][/SUP] This capacity is exceeded only by
China.[SUP]
[2][/SUP] In February 2012 the electricity produced from
wind power in the US amounted to 11
terawatt-hours (TW·h) or 3.6% of all electric power.[SUP]
[3][/SUP] In 2010, the wind power industry in the US received 42% ($4.986 billion) of all federal subsidies for electricity generation.[SUP]
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New wind farms can produce electricity in the 5-8 cents per kWh range, making wind power competitive with the cost of fossil fuel electricity generation in many markets.[SUP]
[5][/SUP] Fourteen states have installed over 1,000 MW of wind capacity, and a total of 37 states now have installed at least some utility-scale wind power.[SUP]
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Texas, with 10,337 MW of capacity, has the most installed wind power capacity of any U.S. state, followed by
Iowa with 4,322 MW.[SUP]
[7][/SUP] The
Alta Wind Energy Center in California is the largest wind farm in the United States with a capacity of 1020
MW of power[SUP]
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The U.S. wind industry generates tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars of economic activity.[SUP]
[9][/SUP] Wind projects boost local tax bases, and revitalize the economy of rural communities by providing a steady income stream to farmers with wind turbines on their land.[SUP]
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GE Energy is the largest domestic
wind turbine manufacturer.[SUP]
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Scientific American provided proof that the US could entirely eschew fossil fuels by the year 2030 without adding nuclear capacity.
Now that President Obama has authorised the construction of two new nuclear plants it is even more doable.
Your archaic view that fossil fuels can not be replaced is all the more laughable coming from you.
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