why dont more people buy there power from wind sources?
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There is not enough wind power being generated for everyone who might want to buy it. And I would be suspicious too. How do you really KNOW that all your electricity comes from wind? Just because the electric company says it does? And you believe them? Wind power is just put on the power grid with all the other electricity, so it is all mixed up. You are depending on accountants at your power company to correctly calculate, second by second, that all the power from wind entering the network equals or exceeds all the power being used by customers paying extra to get wind power. I am not sure I trust them to do that.
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http://www.howstuffworks.com\nThey may have a link.\nThey did for building a wind powered generator.
391227
yeah its a great idea for kids to experiment with wind. More studying of the earth the more we can advance ourselves and who knows your child could come up with something truly amazing. Afterall we shouldn't discount childrens' research.
1036957
I'd have to agree the consumer killed it.  \n\nI personally don't think there's anything wrong with taking energy from a coal power plant to run an electric car.   But I think you're dreaming if you think solar, wind, geothermal, alone could provide enough power to power a significant number of cars.  just imagine if you set up a few solar panels in your house to charge your electric car- in 1 day, you'd have enough juice to drive down the block before you had to push your car back home.\n\nBesides, the electric car is now available.  you can buy a kit to modify your prius so that you can plug it in at night.  So now we have the best of both worlds- we have an electric plug in car taht can use gas in a pinch.\n\nBelieve me when I say there's no conspiracy theory going on now.  Simply put- NOBODY (or at least no more than a handful of people) is buying the current electric car (modified prius).   why? because people don't care enough to pay the premium.  The consumer is willing to pay extra money for the prestige of buying a Hummer or Escalade- but they are not willing to pay the extra money to buy a plug in hybrid.  So like 20 years ago, once again the consumer has spoken- and they are saying we are not willing to pay for electric cars.
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So far, there's not enough demand to warrent the extra cost of developing alternative energy sources.  In order to stop using oil (for power) we will need to find cheaper ways of getting alternative energy or become much more motivated to do so.
169042
The United States uses 30 times the natural resources per person than most of the rest of the world.  These all use up energy which we buy from the mid-east and from Bush's friends.  They control our lives because of this.  Use less and we gain more control.  Consumption feeds business but ultimately leads to loss of real power and control.
591612
Many don't know half of the states...or anything about other countries either.  I am from Canada, and I have had people seriously ask me if there is electricity there.  WTF.\n:)
518765
Lots of cheap electricity.\n\nNo dependence on oil.\n\nSome plants pay huge amounts of local property tax money.
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Here is a directory listing to hopefully all renewable energy companies.\n\nhttp://www.renewableenergystocks.com/Companies/RenewableEnergy/Stock_List.asp\n\nWhich would be good investments? Probably none, because these institutions tend not to care about shareholder profits as much as suposedly saving the world. So these companies are willing to invest millions of dollars into supposedly more earth friendly sources of energy even if the cost of production is higher than other "evil" fossil fuel sources for the production of energy.\n\nAlthough if traditional sources of energy become more costly to produce than the cost of alternative energy, they will have some market opprotunity. Hopefully they would use that opportunity to generate pofits for their shareholders.
1170754
Because it is the MAIN supply, not from batteries, solar, generator etc.
23338
Then everyone would fight for the technology to build that machine.  It is not about sources of energy that people fight about.  It is the control and power.
732608
I believe so but the oil companys are the ones that stop that from happening In the USA,for Instance the man that Invented a small wind machine sort of like a wind mill but uses less wind,It Is being used In this country But the rights were sold to Mitsabishi and are now being used here,yep the oil companys dont want that to happen and they have a lot of power
121402
Yes. It is just not possible to generate more electricity than that motor consumes.
1185253
One of the realities of the energy debate is that it really does take a portfolio of technologies.  Nuclear clearly has a part to play, as does wind, solar and other renewables.  Coal certainly isn't going away anytime soon either.  \nThere simply aren't enough resources to cost effectively build just one kind of power generation plant for all the world's needs.\nthe National Renewable Energy Laboratory has some great discussions about this if you're interested enough to find them.
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I am an investor in the US, but I know the wind turbine maker, Clipper Windpower, trades on the London Alt Investment market.  They have been doing some great work in the development of new turbine technology, and are working with BP to possibly create some wind farms.  Worth a closer look.\n\nI think the best way to start investing is to first see what the best traders are buying and selling.  This is the idea behind the site http://www.top10traders.com - this is a free site that lets you create a portfolio of stocks with $100,000 in "play" money.  Each day the site ranks the best performing portfolios, so you can see how your picks perform compared to other investors.  You can also read posts on investing from the best traders, as well as share your own investing ideas.\n\nHere are this month's best traders:\n\nhttp://www.top10traders.com/Top10Standings.aspx\n\nJust click on any trader's name to see what they have in their portfolio.\n\nGood luck.
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Are you looking for something like this, a homemade wind turbine to generate electricity?\n\nhttp://www.otherpower.com/17page1.html
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It is renewable; We are always going to have waves.\nIt is quiet.\nIt does not take up land.\n\nTidal Power is a distinct source in itself. (See both sites)