Europe Turns Back to Coal, Raising Climate Fears

[bradclark1]

Originally Posted by Tchocky

Not sure about that "little bit", Brad. A few weeks ago wind power supplied 40% of Spain's electricity needs. But you're right in that wind is limited in continuous generation and variable demand generation. These problems can be somewhat alleviated through grid modernising and storage capacity.

On a slightly related note, wind power in my home town made the NYT

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/09/te...al/09town.html

The population of Spain is approximately 40 million with an overall density of 206 per square mile.
USA population of 299 million with an overall density of 80 people per square mile. This ranges from average 703 per mile in Connecticut to 10 in South Dakota. There are states with less and more than what I've shown.
Overall I would say that the Midwest more or less could benefit from solar or wind power, but the Mideast, East, California and parts of Oregon because of population density would mainly benefit from nuclear I would think. Excess energy could probably even be bought from the Midwest. That being said however, solar and wind power generation is good bit more expensive than coal or nuclear generation.
Might be getting time to check the stock market for companies that are solar and wind manufacturers and buy cheap (as if I could afford it).