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Bollweevil
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Fulshear, Texanistan
Posts: 3,363
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Originally Posted by jyl
But things like wind turbines are complex, require highly-skilled workers, and must be high quality. They are also very expensive. We could make those, but for the most part we don't.
They are erecting windfarms in TX as fast as they can put them up and the generators are nearly all imported from Europe. The port of Corpus Christi is awash in wind turbines
Why are we so far behind China and Europe in alternative energy industries? Because our government and many of our people have not supported these industries. Our incentive programs and mandates are late, small, and fragile (they come and go). And too many people in the US think alternative energy is not worth until the cost/watt reaches parity with cheap coal power. Well, it will reach that point, as the technology improves. And when it does, and we decide to get into the alternative energy business, it will be too late. More forward-thinking countries will have locked up the industry.
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that is exactly the point of the article... and have a nice day
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