Comments on: Sucking Up Solar Subsidies and Still Staggering http://www.globalwarming.org/2009/09/08/sucking-up-solar-subsidies-and-still-staggering/ Climate Change News & Analysis Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:44:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Bob R Geologist, Tuchttp://www.globalwarming.org/2009/09/08/sucking-up-solar-subsidies-and-still-staggering/comment-page-1/#comment-28766 Bob R Geologist, Tuc Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:31:41 +0000 http://www.globalwarming.org/?p=4572#comment-28766 I am not surprised at the high cost of solar during this introductory phase. Wind power will not be cheap either. But the ultimate test is long term reliability. Even in our sunny southwest we have our cloudy days. In normally windy country, winds tend to decrease markedly at night. Our economy demands an adequate, continuous supply of power which means we will have to have backup power, lots of it, available on very short notice. As long as our politicians and greens are smitten with the belief that CO2 in excess in our atmosphere is an endangerment to life, we are in big trouble maintaining civilization as we know it. This deliberate attempt by our powers that be to restrict CO2 flys against all we know about past climate history. And our huge outlay for scientific research to prove AGW is still being ignored, even if it has failed to show results. I'm beginning to believe it will take another Little Ice Age to bring these crazy people to their senses. I am not surprised at the high cost of solar during this introductory phase. Wind power will not be cheap either. But the ultimate test is long term reliability. Even in our sunny southwest we have our cloudy days. In normally windy country, winds tend to decrease markedly at night. Our economy demands an adequate, continuous supply of power which means we will have to have backup power, lots of it, available on very short notice. As long as our politicians and greens are smitten with the belief that CO2 in excess in our atmosphere is an endangerment to life, we are in big trouble maintaining civilization as we know it. This deliberate attempt by our powers that be to restrict CO2 flys against all we know about past climate history. And our huge outlay for scientific research to prove AGW is still being ignored, even if it has failed to show results. I'm beginning to believe it will take another Little Ice Age to bring these crazy people to their senses.

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