[Gundog]

Those measures are a great start but the big energy pigs in a house are not the lights and water heating and cooling, refrigerators, freezers, TV's , Computers, hot tubs, etc all use more of your power. Industrial energy uses are huge also. Water towers in an area that freeze hard might not work out real well just a thought a big part of the US have very cold winters.

The problem with wind & wave power is you must have other sources of energy ready to go on line quickly. A sudden drop in these sources affects the Grid dramatically which is what happened in Texas it was not greed. Most power plants take anywhere from 30 minutes to hours to bring the generation on line it is not just a flick of a switch or a click on a computer mouse. A safe percentage is only about 20-30% from these sources if backed up by hydro and less than that if we are talking coal fired or gas.

I have worked in the utility industry for 26 years and at the present time I am a grid operator so I have a little insight as to how this all works. The biggest problem is the politicians want to simplify all of this for their own gains because the general public doesn't know any better. The lets switch it all over to solar, wind and wave energy is naive I am not saying these sources are not valuable just don't think we are going to change everything over to these sources.


Hydro is a great source of energy but here in the North west the migrating salmon and steelhead are being wiped out from there use. The problems we face for future energy needs are very complicated and should never be looked at like a simple problem. Nuclear is a great source of energy but we all know what a hot button that is.

The solutions are over my head I just push power from one place to another and have no clue to what the future will bring.
Mike