Agreed GD;
And the thing with wind and solar power is you can hook it up to the grid and if you generate more than you use, the power companies have to buy the excess off of you. Solar panels though are very expensive, require batteries, and suck up a lot of money and real estate. A problem with desert location is sand-storm and dust devils can really tear into plastic, glass, and silicone surfaces and the high dry heat seriously reduces the lifespan of rubber and plastics.

However, I think almost every small farm in America should install wind-mill generators. They don’t take up that big of a footprint, you can farm around them, and they earn money year round. Only disadvantage is it takes about 5 years for them to recoup what you invested, but they have a 30 year or longer lifespans. And if lines go down, at least your house should still have power. Of course, I don’t think I would use them in tornado alley locations, unless you can find an insurance company willing to cover them.

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Al Gore is multi millionare and has some multi millionare and billionare friends. Why aren’t these guys starting up solar farms? With the new 3D solar panels which absorb 500% more light than normal solar panels and the super black which absorbs 99.9% of the sunlight, they can buy some desert flat land in Arizona and produce enough daylight electricity to keep Arizona and the border states lit up with the money they have. Sure they would break even in 20 years and then start making a profit, but that’s how long term investments work. Why does Al Gore want to have somebody else spend their money?

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Luva the scissors;
I forgot to mention and site is not letting me edit the last one. Gas prices are dropping yet people are still not buying gas-guzzlers probably because they’ve seen Obama’s tax plan. He wants to raise the Federal gas tax to kick the price right back up. Environmentalists support raising the price of gas to $10 a gallon as they think it will force people to conserve. They like Obama are still under the Jimmy Carter mindset. During the Brokaw-Obama interview, Brokaw broached the topic and Obama gave him a, “You F^ck3r!” look before totally sideskirting the issue. I think that’s the last time he got a hardball question from any of them at NBC.

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LOL, Love it!

“Even the US Congress is displaying rare common sense.”

Yes the same Congress (& unfortunately McCain) who believe Gore’s nonsense and though Palin didn’t know what she was talking about. It’s sad that the GOP handlers talked her into down playing her position. Do you all know that 200 of those same 1000+ “scientists” that were on the U.N.’s Global Warming study group supporting Gore’s propaganda have since recanted and are admitting that Gore’s Pseudo science was all wrong? Okay Al it’s time to hand back that Noble Prize, admit it was all a lie to pander to environmentalists and line your own pockets so the Committee can give it to Irena Sendler who really deserved it:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2007/10/15/nobel-committee-bypassed-holocaust-savior-al-gore

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funny, with gas prices going down people are still not wanting the gas guzzlers, they are holding back on the hybrids and they are realizing how much they are saving by driving less and staying home. i know i am driving less, but i haven’t really noticed a change in the way people are spending money. i am hoping more people wake up to the fact that climate change is bull and get a life. the stockmarket may be tanking, but it was artificially high for years, and as i said i haven’t seen much difference. people aren’t cancelling appts. they are not not getting the=ir hair done, they are still doing ththose things, in fact my boss says we are making more money, explain that to me. i see our bookings, i know what i am making and i see how busy we are, we are not losing money here.

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