Quote Originally Posted by Shintai View Post
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The point is simply to mix solar, wind, wave, thermal, bio etc energy.
EXACTLY!
The answer to me is to take a look at where you live, and use the parts that benefit you best, and cheapest to implement.
If all of the options are put to use the answer is there.
We just as a society just have to make up our minds to do it.
I look at where I live. Solar doesn't give the return that it does in Arizona, but almost 70% of what they get.
Not a lot of fast running large rivers but we do have the Merrimack and Connecticut rivers and they aren't exactly little streams.
Wind? The highest winds ever recorded were on top of Mt. Washington 70 miles from me(239MPH)
It is there, even in a place like I live where it's not that obvious.
This announcement made my morning!