Comments for Pickens Revises his Plan, Giving Up on Wind? at http://ecogeek.org , comment 1 to 6 out of 6 comments http://ecogeek.org Tue, 21 May 2013 16:23:52 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://ecogeek.org/wind-power/3097-pickens-revises-his-plan-giving-up-on-wind#comment-37126 Natural gas could very slightly decrease oil imports, but at what costs? People in areas with gas shales are being poisoned by companies irresponsibly digging natural gas in a process called "fracking". It puts chemicals I can't even spell or pronounce in people's drinking water and underground aquifers that make the water FLAMMABLE. I repeat: water coming from these people's faucets can be lit on fire. Pickens should tough it out and stick with the wind. Check out gaslandthemovie.com - Paul Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:32:15 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/wind-power/3097-pickens-revises-his-plan-giving-up-on-wind#comment-36942 [quote]If you build enough wind and solar plants in enough different locations, you get the reliability that you need. [/quote] This is right in theory, but in practice we would have to transmit huge ammounts of electrical energy to very large distances which makes the price of such electricity skyrocket. For more information and figures read Ted Trainer's book "Renewable energy can't sustain consumer society". - Alexander Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:13:38 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/wind-power/3097-pickens-revises-his-plan-giving-up-on-wind#comment-36917 From the get go I smelled a rat with this guy. It was all a bait and switch scheme on a grand scale. The real target was to promote gas as a "renewable alternative" or with the "green mantle". Sorry, boone, the rabbit is out of the hat. - Moe Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:28:18 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/wind-power/3097-pickens-revises-his-plan-giving-up-on-wind#comment-36906 Does that mean T. Boone is Bullish on Bloom Box? That sounded dirty for some reason...can't quite put my finger on it haha. - Marc Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:48:16 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/wind-power/3097-pickens-revises-his-plan-giving-up-on-wind#comment-36893 I think the recent limitation revealed in real world energy productions is the lack of sufficient transmission line infrastructure, not the wind or lack of generators. - Doc Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:52:01 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/wind-power/3097-pickens-revises-his-plan-giving-up-on-wind#comment-36890 I don't think energy storage is such a big issue. The wind is not always blowing, but it is always blowing some where. If you build enough wind and solar plants in enough different locations, you get the reliability that you need. Especially if at the same time you are pushing radical efficiency. Renewable work a lot better if we need less power, and there are millions of "nega-wahts" available in the system. - Alex Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:56:42 +0100