Reply #14: Umm, I make biodiesel on a small scale, and the process is neither diry nor energy intensive

[MadHound]

In fact the most energy intensive process about it is mixing the lye and oil:shrug: I've toured my local, new biodiesel refinery, and it takes less energy to refine biodiesel than it does to refine gasoline or coal. Oh, and the waste products from biodiesel refinement are glycerin(which can be recycled for the manufacture of other products, like soap) and water.

And according to a 1991 DOE inventory of harvestable wind energy, we can indeed "run all of our gadgets" with wind energy. More specifically, the DOE stated that there is enough harvestable wind energy in North Dakota, Kansas and Texas to power the US electric grid, including growth factors, through the year 2030. Just three states friend, gives you an idea of the potential that we have nationwide, a potential that other, more sane countries in Europe are dying for. They term the US as the Saudi Arabia of wind power, and shake their head in wonderment that we aren't using this energy resource more extensively.

Nuclear power should be avoided for two reasons, first because you will never find a way to eliminate human error, so accidents will continue to happen. Second, there is no safe way to dispose of the waste.

Clean coal is an oxymoron of the highest order, one that is being promoted under a false flag of being a green energy source.

Solar, wind and biodiesel can indeed power this country, if only we had the wisdom to employ them.