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5-20-2009 7:35 PM
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Rustee says:
The government sponsored campaign for these energies are nothing new:
In 1983, Booz, Allen & Hamilton did a study for the Solar Energy Industries Association, American Wind Energy Association, and Renewable Energy Institute. It stated: “The private sector can be expected to develop improved solar and wind technologies which will begin to become competitive and self-supporting on a national level by the end of the decade [i.e. by 1990] if assisted by tax credits and augmented by federally sponsored R&D.”

In 1990, two energy analysts at the Worldwatch Institute predicted an almost complete displacement of fossil fuels in the electric generation market within a couple decades [i.e. 2010]
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5-20-2009 7:41 PM
Rustee
Christopher Flavin of the Worldwatch Institute has been predicting competitive viability since the 1980s. In 1984 he wrote:


"Tax credits have been essential to the economic viability of wind farms so far, but will not be needed within a few years."

In 1985, he wrote:

"Although wind farms still depend on tax credits, they are likely to be economical without this support within a few years."

In 1976, solar advocate Barry Commoner stated:
"Mixed solar/conventional installations could become the most economical alternative in most parts of the United States within the next few years."

In 1987 the head of the Solar Energy Industries Association stated:
"I think frankly...
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5-21-2009 12:57 PM
ColoradoRight
without government subsidies wind and solar would fall flat on their face. the electricity they generate would cost 10 to 20 times more than what we get today from coal and nuclear power.
5-21-2009 1:02 PM
deb2012
what was the price of the first oil drillers in America-death-failure-costs-huge-was it worth it?
5-21-2009 1:02 PM
deb2012
shortsightedness is not a gift
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