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Originally Posted by SweetDaddyD
How about lets harness that, solar, geothermal, and tidal energy- THEN nuke and natural gas. (even though utilizing any one of the of the first choices on a massive scale, let alone all of them wouldn't leave any need to continue to use non renewable resources) Of course with wind, solar, geothermal, tidal, hydro, etc a huge corporation doesn't have something to sell you to keep it going, and with their lobbying and political influence it's easy to see why these technologies have not been developed in the US.
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Wind is of course a form of solar energy and is abundant off shore and in the mid-West. But there are only a few areas of the country to get solar energy from solar panels. I have heard of using geothermal since the 70's but don't really know of many places that can safely harness this energy. As for tidal energy the devices are complex and more susceptable to corrosion and failure. I really think that wind, nuclear and natural gas are our only reliable, clean options at this point. If coal plants could trap the carbon that they produce and just put it back into the ground that is a good alternative but that development seems to be too expensive.