Energy Equivalent To 100,000 Wind Turbines

I've stated on this blog many times the reasons why we need to stop extracting and burning fossilized crud. Not when we already have the technology to generate electric in other ways. Here's one more example.

It's called a "solar wind energy tower". Permission has been granted to install this monster near the city of San Luis, Arizona. Although the tower is half a mile tall there are no spinning blades at the top. That pretty much eliminates the argument against wind turbines saying they are migratory bird meat grinders.



With each new evolution of a alternative energy device there are less and less reasons for continuing to drill, spill and burn carbon fuels.* Wind is everywhere and yet in few places is it leashed to provide something useful as it blows past us.

* Garbage and human sludge in most cases is left to rot producing methane, a green house gas, into the air. Boy, wanna talk about 'natural gas'!

* The sun beats down during the summer months. Most homes crank up the air conditioner which is mostly powered by electricity derived from fossilized fuels. This waste is a twofer. Solar panels helps shade the roof (keeping the home cooler in the first place) while it absorbs energy from the sun to help generate electricity.Those the three common major alternative energies sources. There are 100's of differently designed devices that can now provide not only useful energy, but in many cases get rid of our unwanted wastes. It's seems foolish to let the solar rays beating down on our homes or the winds slip past us when we can trap some of that and provide clean useful energy.

Solar Wind Energy, Inc. has been working on this for sometime. Technological development doesn't seem to be the problem delaying this project. The problem is (like everything) coming up with the estimated $1.5 billion to build the thing. Then on the other hand if it can produce the same power as the Hoover Dam (1,250 megawatts per hour) as promised, I'd be certain finding funding for ones after that would have clients banging at their doors.

The costs of this tower would also blow away the costs for building a nuclear power plant. Back in 2008 it was estimated to cost between $6 billion and $9 billion for each 1,100 MW nuclear plant.

About all there is left to say to anyone arguing against alternative energy is, just how uninformed are you?

It's cleaner, cheaper and technologically available now. No longer is there an argument against them by any reasonably intelligent person. Only those who are up to their ears with a stake in fossil fuels would make such a foolish argument against them. And even they be fools for not taking advantage of the wealth they made and converting their oil companies' investments over to the future in alternative energy devices.

Just as surely as the steam engine gave way to the combustion engine, it shall happen. Now even the combustion engine is threatened to be replaced by electrical motors. If large oil companies (which once replaced steam companies) can't read the tea leaves by now, they never will. Either run with the herd or get run over by it. It's coming whether they want it or not.

You see it's all a matter of economics. When alternatives to fossil fuels become cheaper then what big oil companies can offer their products for, what do you think will happen?