what do you think is the most viable alt energy source?
so far solar seems to be it for me
but plasma is starting to look good now(wierd)
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The best alternative energy source depends on where you are and what's available.
If you are in the desert where the Sun is always shining, solar makes sense.
If you are in Patagonia, where the wind blows all the time, wind turbines are a better choice.
If you are in Iceland, where there are geysers and volcanic activity near the surface, then geothermal is a good choice.
Tidal energy is a possibility, as is placing turbines in the gulf stream.
Energy can be extracted from the different temperatures at different levels in the ocean.
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The Powers that Be do not actually give a damn at the moment.
Juniorbush went to Brazil, which has become energy self-sufficient, supposedly to discuss alternative fuels, such as ethanol distilled from sugar cane.
Sugar cane is a much better source of ethanol than corn, because corn must be turned into a sugar before it can be turned into alcohol. Archer-Daniels Midland does NOT want to compete with cheap Brazilian alcohol.
The President of ADM sold ex-presidential candidate Bob Dole a really nifty condo in Bal Harbour at less than half the going rate several years ago. AFDM is really tight with politicians.
But when he was asked if this meant that he was in favor of ending the huge import tax on ethanol inot the US, he went into a caniption fit and said that nothing could be done until 2010.
Supposedly this was because that is when the tariff law ran out (of course, any law can be changed at any time).
In reality, Olebush, the Carlysle Group, Halliburton, Exxon Mobil, and Prince Bandar Bush all would prefer that they sell us gasoline at today's inflated prices.
Their wealth is vastly more important than the welfare of the USA or its people.
Chopping up Bushes into small bits, fermenting them and turning them into biofuel would probably not be terribly efficient from a scientific perspective, but if it were done publically, it might be quite efficient politically.
