Is this a good time to point out that Texas produces the most wind power of any state, by a large margin?
For all the Texas bashing, I just have to point out the good whenever I can.
That said I don’t know if wind will ever be viable for the majority of our power. It feels like it will always be a supplement, maybe a worthwhile supplement, but never “the solution”.
There was a huge wind farm planned in the Texas panhandle, often attributed to Boone Pickens and his Pickens Plan unfortunately it got tied up in logistical issues of getting power from production to use and it was scaled way back a few years ago. Hopefully it was just before it’s time.
I’d love to see coastlines become prime energy production areas because they line up well with population centers. They grew up because of trade by sea, so this would make a happy coincidence going forward. The plan to use the midwest seems rooted in hopes for cheap real estate, and it feels like added complication.
Whatever the strategy I’m glad we’re finally seeing that harnessing natural resources without destroying them has to be the way forward.