The first sentence exemplifies the ignorance and uneducated opinions of opponents. And the second sentence exemplifies how naive and unrealistic their ideals are. Solar and Wind cannot make up the energy America needs if they wish to wane off fossil fuels and coal. Nuclear has to play large roll.

I don’t know the exact stats but here in Canada Nuclear contributes around 32% to the grid while wind/solar contributes 3-5% at best. Are these opponents telling me that if Canada stops using nuclear, solar and wind can make up that 32%. Absolutely insane. It would cost tax payers billions and billions and would not lower emissions significantly. Look at Europe. For all their wind farms and solar, no coal plants have been closed, and C02 has not been reduced.

I’m not saying solar and wind don’t play a part in our future, they absolutely do, but North America has to be pragmatic and idealistic in it’s green investments.
For more proof on the fallacies of wind and solar please read this
and >a href=”http://enviralment.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/ontario-blows-billions-of-tax-payer-money-investing-in-wind-power/”>this