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Your choice of alternative energy?

Considering all pros and cons (availablility, price, efficiency, etc), what is YOUR choice of alternative energy source for the future? Why?

Right now – wind. In the near future – solar.

Solar can be used pretty much anywhere (with varying efficiency), will soon be easily integrated into roofs and buildings, and is the *most* renewable energy source. Unfortunately, it’s fairly expensive right now.

Wind is more economical right now, but is a little more unpredictable than solar and some people find it ugly and noisy.

Hydrogen is NOT an alternative energy source. Hydrogen does not occur alone on Earth and must be produced by separating it from other materials using energy. At best, hydrogen is a battery.

All other alternative energies are too limited in their geographic availability to be of much use globally.

EDIT: I’m also not a fan of hydro as it requires the destruction of huge swaths of land and changes stream ecology. Also, it’s starting to look like hydro is not actually that clean. Some preliminary research is showing that hydro may result in the release of huge amounts of CO2, mercury and other toxic substances as it causes the quick rotting of what used to be forest and concentrates any toxic substance that was in them.

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