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1. #1    This is more akin to spending this money improving the buggy whip and horse collar. The ‘Grid’ is 19th Century technology. It is an antiquated dinosaur and an expensive inefficient danger to National Security. Power sources must implemented that are decentralized and local.
   written by PHred42 since 24 days 23 hours 4 minutes
2. #2    PHred42 - The only problem with decentralized and local power sources is much of the country doesn't have the weather conditions to generate solar or wind power. Wind generation is best in the middle of the country between west Texas and the Dakotas, solar in the southwest. We need the improved power grid to carry this power to the major population centers.
   written by tahoeprogressive since 24 days 14 hours 31 minutes
3. #3    Tahoe, I think you are little short on your resource allocation perspective. We in Minneapolis have as much solar irradiance as locations in Texas and Florida. In Wisconsin and Oregon(where the solar legislation is more progressive) solar hot water and PV flourish. In fact, we have far more available solar energy than Germany, and they do just fine. The remaining barrier is not the amount of sun but the initial cost of erecting the system, and public education. Legislation in the more educated and forward-looking locations, in the form of Feed-In Tariffs, overcomes that barrier. More importantly, IT WORKS! You need to visit these places, you will be amazed. If you can't click over to...
   
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   written by RichardC since 24 days 13 minutes

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