Disgusting waste.

[MMDad]

Originally Posted by Toxick

WTF? This sort of thing should stand or fall on its own merit.

But without the investment how will we ever develop this brand new technology? I mean, it's not like other mature technology that people have been using for millenia or anything.

[Merlin99 (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Gilligan

A waste of taxpayer money...just to create a future ecological mess and unsustainable offshore junkpile.

Because its "politically popular" in some quarters.

Good grief.

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And an immediate hazard to aviation, wind farms screw with surveillance radars lke nothing else.

[MMDad]

Originally Posted by Merlin99

And an immediate hazard to aviation, wind farms screw with surveillance radars lke nothing else.

Who would ever think that big reflectors spinning at variable speeds and changing orientation might actually cause problems. Makes me wonder if they are going to put $100 million into a victim compensation fund for the inevitable problems this will cause.

[Gilligan (Premo)]

Here..pics of what all that wasted money buys..


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[Larry Gude (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Toxick

Then I can complain about the next a-hole that gets elected here.

What if I am the next a hole and I ban complaining or, at the very least, require finger prints and a background check before deciding if you are permitted to complain? What then, huh?

[GURPS (Premo)]

how about a 'Tidal Generator'

[Larry Gude (Premo)]

Originally Posted by GURPS

how about a 'Tidal Generator'

Sounds like a new washing machine.

A big one.

[GURPS (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Larry Gude

Sounds like a new washing machine.

A big one.

[Gilligan (Premo)]

Originally Posted by GURPS

how about a 'Tidal Generator'

Where there are significant tidal shifts (like 30 feet) those have proven feasible technically, but as with all of the rest of this alternative energy technology, hydro-electric excepting, the economics and the scaling difficulties are both huge impediments.

[Larry Gude (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Gilligan

Where there are significant tidal shifts (like 30 feet) those have proven feasible technically, but as with all of the rest of this alternative energy technology, hydro-electric excepting, the economics and the scaling difficulties are both huge impediments.

As I understand it, Solyndra is getting funding to set one up.


In Death Valley.