As the coordinator for a Think Tank which operates online, I am often amazed at the fiery passionate debates amongst members when it comes to alternative energy. There are global warming alarmists who treat it as a religion, pragmatic energy experts, and money interests skewing the political debate. It's intense indeed. Not long ago, I was having a dialogue over some of the challenges of Wind Turbine Technologies and trying to come up with potential solutions.

My acquaintance stated that when it came to wind there were several challenges such as; "unsightliness, sound pollution, and psychological affects," to name a few. Yes, that's definitely true, and there are other issues too for instance; they kill birds, and bats, and despite what you might believe the concrete manufacturing needed to create the base creates CO2 (offset would take 15 years).

Wind turbines are not cheap either, as they use REEs and Rare Earth Elements are needed for other important technologies and they are expensive meaning the price goes up and thus, the ROI not is not there, they are not cost effective thus, not viable. Also, wind turbine blades can't handle lightning very well and they have to be shut down in high winds, at a time the most potential is available.

That's not all, as they also fall down in Earthquakes, and realize that areas with the best or most consistent wind is not always power transmission lines. And in case you haven't heard enough reasons why wind won't work to solve our energy needs, realize too that these large wind turbines screw up radar 39% of ability. The biggest issue which I have waited until last to mention is that the wind doesn't blow all the time, thus it is all-around unreliable energy.

My acquaintance stated; "I think we also need better designs for wind power, but that's not going to happen until we quit subsidizing the technology. Once we quit subsidizing, this should lead to companies trying to push through better/more efficient designs. Or kill the whole idea."

We can't now, due to politics, lobbyists, and GE Jeff Immelt now helping the administration with innovation agendas. Once the government starts doing something the blob just grows, if we kill it, we kill all the VC, investment banks helping with alternative energy, all the small investors who want to buy green socially acceptable stocks and funds, etc.

The way I see it, these little bloggers and wind power religious folks with all their environmentalism, and political influence has created this mess because they think you know everything, complain about everything, and never think through the reality - so it is nothing more than silly humans, and their unintended consequences. And now that we have a problem they say; "oh let's use innovation to solve this unintended consequence we've created, come on everyone, let's work together and build a team - Yeah, go team go!"

Well, now, sometimes I think that I'd like to strap some of these Obama Rama alternative energy buglers to the wind turbine blades until they scream, who knows maybe we can make these giant wind turbines into Amusement Rides? Or, better yet, we should tip the big ones over on their side, and the Obama Rama's can design a habitat plan so they can live inside of the wreckage?

Sure, that would be good, put some boulders on each side so they don't roll away. Use it for homeless shelters, cut some holes in the side, and put in Plexiglas windows at $35.00 a piece. Leave one up for every 50 or so to power up the homeless shelter tubes. Call up Jimmy Carter and tell him to Habitat That! Well, personally I think wind power schemes as presently purported are a waste of time, energy, and resources for nothing. Meanwhile the powers that be, realize they've made a mistake on this, but they try to diver out attention away from their mistakes;

"Don't look at the wind turbine issues, no, no, no looky over here in Japan, Libya, Egypt, and at Charlie Sheen, don't look at the fiasco and insanity of nonsense happing with the alternative energy bubble, and don't worry it will create, or rather "create or save" 4 million jobs over the next 10 years! Hoorah!"

Yah, after it kills 8 million jobs or more in the process.

Please consider all this, because, I getting tired of talking about it.

Lance Winslow is the Founder of the Online Think Tank, a diverse group of achievers, experts, innovators, entrepreneurs, thinkers, futurists, academics, dreamers, leaders, and general all around brilliant minds. Lance Winslow hopes you've enjoyed today's discussion and topic. http://www.worldthinktank.net/ - Have an important subject to discuss, contact Lance Winslow.

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