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Originally Posted by wellard
The problem is, and has been for decades, the costing, Spirit Warrior. People want this type of energy but the reliability and efficiency has always been overstated and is frankly way off the mark even now. Big business would be all over this like a rash if there was even a sniff of long term success but the truth is that until the cost of proven reliable coal powered central grid type power systems increases vastly then unfortunately it is a no go situation. ...... Unless there have been massive breakthrough's in technology that I have missed in the last year or so.
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I hear this from time to time, I think alot of it is propaganda pumped out there by special interests to be honest with you. The way universal healthcare was defeated in the 90's.
We don't need to know everything about the technology to make a rational assessment. When in doubt go back to basics. For example. A person turning a rotating lever can generate electricity that is storable in a battery. A windmill can turn a giant version of that lever and generate a large(r) amount of the same electricity which can also be stored, but the windmill never gets tired and turns all day. All it needs is maintaneance from time to time. It doesn't need to rest or sleep or eat. It also doesn't need to be paid (which might put our man out of a job).
Yes, we would absolutely need to build the windmill first, starting from the bottom up, but in the long run the gains far outweigh any problems we have. This source of power is self sustaining and self renewable. If we can go from single to quad cores in the space of a few years, we most certainly can make strides in this area. I think intentional misinformation is the main issue, resulting in lack of incentive and/or fear as to whether the technology even works. Please, of course it works. Our watches and calculators have been solar powered since the 80's, our traffic lights are too nowadays. Why can we not build these things on a macro scale when the schematics are the exact same? Even if the technology cost more than it should, it still pays for itself after a few years. As in free electricity forever.