Gary states "not only is it the cleanest form of energy production... its the cheapest.."
It is true that wind energy can be described as the cheapest form of energy production, but only if you measure at the connection point of the wind farm and you allow it to operate parasiticaly on a grid which deals with all the stability and reliability. If wind, solar, etc have to include back ups for when they are not producing and frequency stability they don't look cheap at all. As I said in response to Mike, you can reduce the CO2 required to make wind turbines by taking the energy required from existing wind turbines but it has to be reliable. Once your furnace has cooled to a certain level with metal in it it is just scrap.
Gary states "not only is it the cleanest form of energy production... its the cheapest.."
It is true that wind energy can be described as the cheapest form of energy production, but only if you measure at the connection point of the wind farm and you allow it to operate parasiticaly on a grid which deals with all the stability and reliability. If wind, solar, etc have to include back ups for when they are not producing and frequency stability they don't look cheap at all. As I said in response to Mike, you can reduce the CO2 required to make wind turbines by taking the energy required from existing wind turbines but it has to be reliable. Once your furnace has cooled to a certain level with metal in it it is just scrap.
