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Just recently in the downtown Fresno Radisson Hotel, five people who make our living in clean energy discussed the state of the industry, the economy and the current happenings in California's sun-drenched San Joaquin Valley.
If they had any concern for us they would allow us to drill for oil within the United States. They would enable more refineries to be constructed. They would approve clean, inexpensive, nuclear power.
"So, fine," you say, "We need to start someplace." Well, let's presume you're right. Then tell me why the California tree-huggers are holding up a solar task in the Mojave Desert which, they say, will damage the desert tortoise? This project would supply Clean energy to 142,000 California homes, but they might stop it from occurring. Oh, Yeah, it remains in 6.4 MILLION square miles which Congress reserved for these tortoises. Stick a pin in a map of California; that's the impact on the tortoise. Brightsource Energy, the home builder, says they might cancel the task rather than invest an extra 25 million trying to confine about two-dozen of the critters, or about a million per tortoise.
The most recent wrench in the maker (I always consider Charlie Chaplin in "Modern Times" when I conjure that cliche) occurs to be geopolitical. Continued Middle East unrest is tinkering gas prices. Rather than flock to options, the American public jointly hunches down like the only available automobile on the road is an H2 Hummer.
President Obama is pursuing an all-of-the-above method for energy development. It's a decent agenda and one New TV shows that ought to make sense on both sides of the domestic political spectrum. Energy policy is connected to national security. We need more autonomy, not higher dependence on Saudi oil.
There are benefits to both and also disadvantages with both. The most significant downside for both is the high cost of producing it. Coal stays without a doubt the most affordable method to create energy. But if you cut the expense of the structure and maintenance of the coal plants you will see that it cost a lot of time and cash to get the entire nation energized in the very first location. If the job were to be expanded over a number of years the expense would not appear quite as terrific.
Considering that solar power has been acquiring appeal, increasingly more business are providing professional work for setting up cheap solar panels so you make certain to have several you can turn to. Your best choice is to go on the internet first because this is the quicker method to examine options. If you want, you can also inspect your regional phone book directory. Solar energy is just getting popularity now but the technology has actually been around for rather a while so there might be installation business readily available in your location. Energy groups also in some cases hold conventions and workshops so you can examine those out too for options if one is held in your area.