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Rapid recent solar and wind price falls are likely to bring new markets and mass adoption a step closer over the next decade and raise the prospects of mergers.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/15/us-energy-renewables-idUSTRE71E3O920110215

I think that most people assumed that Solar and Wind energy would begin to play a larger part in our world's craving for energy, it is just nice to see that there is some actual progress in the right direction.

Slayer1 wrote:

It kills me that so many people want an alternative energy source, but their main focus against it is in fact how they think of any of the collection methods as an "eyesore"

At this time there is too little reliable information about alternative energy. I do wish that there was more credible information published for mass consumption that could explain the details about living with different options.

username wrote:

i remember reading about this last year: http://www.magenn.com/ this seemed like a decent alternative.

I can deal with wind turbines and solar panels, but balloons in the sky would piss me off. Unless they had a "farm" of them that was out of the way, I wouldn't want one of these things over my neighborhood. They are horrible to look at. Also, how about the 4.5 feet of snow we got last month?

I love the idea, I applaud the effort, but this is one that I really think needs to be done in specific zones and climates.

Blackout wrote:

Regarding the balloons, some jerk with a gun would try and shoot them down. Idiots do it to transformers every now and then. Our local Fish and Game Department even has ads about how it's not cool to do it.

We would need secondary sentry balloons that protect the energy balloons. They would be armed with large magnifying glasses and would rotate to aim the sun's rays at any attackers to melt them.