Quote Originally Posted by floorpotato
Originally Posted by Hootad Binky Electric cars work just fine; also the US has extensive geo-thermal and solar sources in the West and Southwest that could be plugged into a national grid....The US fancies itself the most innovative nation on earth yet can't seem to plan its way out of this one
They have been trying to get Geo thermal on line for over 25 years that I know of up in Lake County Calif. at Middletown and it has not worked, sure there is steam but some of the gas from it is a deadly poison, terribly corrosive and the piping does not last long,
Solar is fine as long as the sun is shining, but as soon as it goes down then solar is not useful anymore as you have to store it somewhere to be of use after dark.

Electric cars are also nice, but the electricity has to come from somewhere to charge the batterys, so in daylight hours you can charge from solar, but when it is plugged in and charging at night, then it is usually from steam plants that burn Oil, Gas or Coal.
The only truly viable energy for electrical generation is Hydro, and folks do not want dams built so seems like you are just fucked.