Scattered power with a chance of immolation by forest fire.

This is what your green eco efforts will get us!! A rain of fire upon thee!! Repent now and go fill up your gas cans immediately.

Look at this clip. The turbine head shouldn't pivot freely on its axis, and if the blades were feathered and locked, yet still spinning, it ought to cause a fuckload of friction and stress on the brakes and the gearbox, doesn't it?

The flaming mixture of oil and lubricant makes for nice special effects though.

Wind power - so overrated. Wave and solar power are where the investments should be made, at least they have sustainable efficiency.

CLEAN ENERGY IS DANGEROUS! WE NEED MORE COAL POWER!!!!

>> ^Darkhand:

CLEAN ENERGY IS DANGEROUS! WE NEED MORE COAL POWER!!!!

*ahem* You forgot to say the magic word: "Clean" Coal Power

She won't hold Captain, we don't have the powerrr!!

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and yet... it's STILL making energy

>> ^deathcow:

and yet... it's STILL making energy


Ironically from the petrochemical lubricants used in it's construction... Oh big oil, you've fucked us again... X D

>> ^ReverendTed:

>> ^Darkhand:
CLEAN ENERGY IS DANGEROUS! WE NEED MORE COAL POWER!!!!

ahem You forgot to say the magic word: "Clean" Coal Power


My Overlords will never forgive me for forgetting to put Clean in there!!! THE LASHINGS THE LASHINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wave and solar power are where the investments should be made

Oh for... SIGH. From the Energy Information Administration...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_of_electricity_by_source

The most efficient forms of energy are Coal, Coal, Coal, Natural Gas, Natural Gas, Natural Gas, Natual Gas, Natural Gas, and Nuclear. In that order.

The LEAST efficient forms of energy are Hydro, Biomass, Geo, Solar, Wind, and Wind.

Anyone notice anything interesting about the list there? Anyone? Beueller? Bueller?

"Green" energy is an absolute joke. America has enough Coal, Gas, and Oil to last well into the next century. Sure - put R&D into Solar, Wind, and Tidal - but swapping over to these forms of energy "right now" just for the sake of it is the height of idiocy. You swap energy sources when they make sense - not because of some moronic hoax (I.E. AGW).

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That is absolutely not true....all of it.
First, it's only close to true if you only count the direct costs of production, and ignore all the cost to mitigate the damages energy production causes.
Second, even then it's not true. I put in a solar system on my house around 10 years ago. It paid for itself in savings in under 8 years, and has a lifespan of over 20 years. That means, compared to coal, coal, and coal, it's incredibly more efficient and cheaper.

Geothermal is the MOST efficient and 'clean' form of energy out there. Where did you get your information, a BP flier?

So, if you should swap energy sources when they make (economic) sense, that would have been >10 years ago. If you count all the costs involved with other energy sources, not just basic energy production costs, it would have made sense to switch around 40+ years ago.