Why would alternative energy companies need tax credits if their technology was superior?

Re: this Yahoo article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080831/ap_on_go_co/disappearing_tax_breaks It always amazes me that companies which have been developing alternative energy technologies for OVER 25 YEARS, with tax credits and other government subsidies to make them a low-cost technologically superior reality, continue to demand… Continue Reading

What would happen to the ability of solar panels to generate electricity after an intense freak hailstorm?

I’m all for alternative energies like wind power and solar power, but what will happen now that we have twisted nature to unexpected extremes? One October day this year we woke up to the effects of a freak hail storm… Continue Reading

Obama letter, help please?

Imagine that you are an individual interested in making a million investment in one of the alternative energy technologies (geothermal, hydroelectric, tidal, solar, biomass, wind, or nuclear). In order for your major investment to have a good return, you have… Continue Reading

Please help me revise a speech for the election!?

It’s really bad! Be as critical as possible without being mean! Candidates’ Environmental Plans Polar bears are going extinct because of the melting ice burgs. The temperature is increasing 5°C every century. Global warming is causing the ozone layer, Earth’s… Continue Reading

Solar Power questions!?

I just have a few, please give me an answer not just a website or copy from a site(definitely not wikipedia) -Can anyone explain what active and passive solar energy is -Is it true that solar panels create pollution, if… Continue Reading