Rich Kinder, CEO of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, says the Obama Administration’s push to develop alternative energy sources such as wind and solar are not the answer to reducing the nation’s dependence on oil or reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Click below to hear where Kinder thinks the U.S. should be focusing its attention. Kinder: wind, solar not the answer from Reuters TV on Vimeo.
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Kinder: wind, solar not the answer to U.S. energy needs
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Tags: Energy, Environment, infrastructure, natural gas, Alternative Energy, Global Warming, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, natural gas, Obama Administration, Oil, Rich Kinder, Solar Energy, Wind Energy
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yeah its the hydroelectric capacity that represents the largest amount of ‘renewables’. Yet, all hydro capacity has been tapped.
- Posted by indeedThe Reuters article re First Solar project in China is interesting.
- Posted by Survivor?Too late to buy shares?
The Chinese seem to prefer national self sufficiency where possible, rather than needing a “global reach” (at what cost?) to obtain energy resources.
But large scale research and production will give a big lead in 21st century energy while America lives off its 20th century road and oil investment.
Well, I dont understand why so much talk about, I think we should follow Mr Kinder advice, as well as push as hard as we can with the solar and wind development, down the road our only availability is nuclear, solar and wind.
- Posted by Joe SerhanWell monica Ill be sure to bring up clean coal next month when my town meeting (in western PA) adresses what were going to do about the incredibly high levels of mercury that have been found in the stream that feeds our water plant.
Intrestingly enough there seems to be a mercury plum down wind from the local coal plant the Bush’s buddies upgraded with clean coal tech.
- Posted by Boomwow, just wow.
Pretty much:
I own stocks in atomics, Atomic power is “teh KEYZ”
I have intrests in GW’s bushes “clean” coal, coal is teh anwser!
Im an oil baron, Oil is teh answer!1!!!!!
Come on already…
- Posted by eronI think that wind and solar are good, but I put my money on Geothermal. New Zealand does about 70% of its power generation with geothermal. Geothermal is available in many locations and is a constant heat source with no burning of fuel and is just there for the using. What we dearly need is a method of energy storage where we can level the load, plus we need a new grid for power distribution.
- Posted by f belz