A couple question about different types of alternative energy?

I am looking into different sources of alternative energy. I am trying to figure out which ones are viable and which ones are not and the pros and cons. Can you tell me the pros and cons of these following… Continue Reading

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

How do we save the U.S. from oil and polution and conserve energy?

I have a few ideas: Drive biodiesel cars Drive electric cars(also advance battery tech) Drive biodiesel-electric hybrid cars(I just thought of that) Drive hydrogen cars Use solar panel technology on a HUGE scale(like a ton of roofs) Use hydroelectric power… Continue Reading

What companies stand to benefit from greener energy and technology?

Given the incoming Obama administration’s emphasis on greener energy solutions, what companies out there are best positioned to gain from this shift? What American companies are currently leading the way in cleaner energy (solar, wind, ethanol, etc)?

Should we have listened to Jimmy Carter and tried to lessen our dependence of oil and move toward more?

sustainable energy sources in the 1970’s? Carter started and ethanol program which Reagan promptly stopped after Carter’s defeat. Reagan, to make a statement about which direction we would go, removed the solar panels from the White House roof when elected.… Continue Reading

What do you think is the answer to our alternative energy question?

Is Ethanol the answer? I read that Brazil is using sugar cane for bio-fuel. Be it corn, soybeans, or sugar cane, growing bio-fuels will strongly deplete our soils without using heavy fertilizers.Can we possibly harness wind and solar power for… Continue Reading