[mdlug] Router - now power.

[Raymond McLaughlin]

Aaron Kulkis wrote:
> Jay Nugent wrote:
>> Greetings,
>>
>> On Fri, 6 Nov 2009, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
>>
>>> The Europeans picked all of the reliably windy places, and
>>> they still couldn't get it to be economical.
>>>
>>> Why we're repeating the European Fiasco is beyond me.
>>>
>>> There are lots of promoted benefits, but no ACTUAL benefits.
>>    Lots of 'claims' Aaron.  Now back up your claims and show us the
>> numbers.  Show us the actual data.  Show us the URL's to where we can read
>> about this issue.  Not that I don't trust you implicitly (tic), but I'd
>> like to see the same data you based your "expertise" on.  Care to share???
>>
> 
> First, primae facea evidence:
> If these things made economic sense, they wouldn't need to be subsidized.
> Even the subsidies aren't enough, so now they're trying to push through
> further costs on coal and oil.

> Any industry that needs subsidies is, by definition,
> non-sustainable, no matter how much it is promoted
> by the "sustainable energy" drones.

Wasn't the internet itself heavily subsidized for it's first 30+ years?
Ditto rural electrification, by the way. And would we be better off
without the Interstate Highway system?