You said look to Europe as a model... and nearly ALL their power comes from Nuclear. But because YOU don't like Nuclear, we should now look to the Simpson's as an Higher Authority on the issue.... You must work directly with the Democrats in Congress.
Wind can power 150% of our electricity needs. But because you don't want to - maybe - have to look at them - we shouldn't do it. Anyone else think that sounds selfish? Total hydro capacity in the US is 80k, Kwh. In '06, we were at 50k and planning to reduce it to 30k - because the environuts didn't want to disturb fish.
You forgot to mention where they have to be built: The most active geothermal resources are usually found along major plate boundaries where earthquakes and volcanoes are concentrated.
Thats a major reason why Geothermal plants are not deemed cost effective.
Waiting for GOVERNMENT = TAXPAYERS, to fund the development.... Anyone know why? The private sector can tell you.... Way too much risk involved.
We can't drill in ANWR where NOBODY goes, but we should convert a major national park and tourist attraction into a power plant... I cannot follow the logic of Enviro's.
Yes, we HAVE TO because we get too many things from oil to stop using it.
What does geothermal have to do with replacing Gasoline? Nothing - we can't fill a gas tank with electricity - yet you talk about Geothermal and Oil as though they are interchangeable. Your geothermal plant... Will need oil products to operate: Gear oil, lubrication, plastics, circuit boards, PVC nearly everything involved with a Geothermal plant would have to be derived from oil.
Oil, although finite, is a natural resource that we cannot currently live without. Alternative solutions start at home, create a cheaper faster product and it will outsell the competition.
To speed up the development of technology - Enthusiasts go out and buy the latest processor or graphics card and it drives the technology to get better faster cheaper.
Environmentalists just promote technology without actually supporting it monetarily and shame others for not wanting the Government=Taxpayers to foot the bill for development.
