You call spending billions on gigawatts of CSP power towers proven and conventional? Do some more research Jed.
On Saturday, May 26, 2012, Jed Rothwell wrote: > Chemical Engineer <[email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');>> wrote: > > Hell, Obama skipped right by basic research and gave billions to "green" >> energy companies to rush out products destined for failure > > > That is nonsense. All of the technology the government has assisted has > been conventional, long established, proven stuff such as wind turbines and > PVs. The failures have all been cause by rapidly falling prices, which are > caused by competition by China. The Chinese are spending much more than we > are, and they are capturing markets all over the world. > > The price of PV electricity has fallen drastically in recent years. There > are many competing techniques, and many companies pursuing each technology. > They cannot all survive. This kind of shakeout is typical for emerging > technologies. It happened with automobiles, transistors, personal > computers, and many others. > > I wish the government would do more research on risky new ideas, > especially cold fusion. > > - Jed > >
