why wont Federal government pass extra funding for Wind Energy for Schools, to lesson Electric bills ?

Question

currently the public school systems are going down the tubes, an the expenses are rising faster from the Energy companys for gas and Electricity. Every state has the same problem state wide for funding the school on yearly budgets. We have the answers to help the situation, here in our country. Do we have to outsource this answer also. The state budgets are being passed with higher numbers each year, so why not find a American way to stop the rising expenses and maybe even lower then and also help the electric company's make more elelctricity. Putting up Wind Generation units accross each Dst. evenly in each state where enough wind is produced can knock the bills down for the school systems, and any extra electricity made can be bought back by the local electric companys at local rates for credit to the schools. Right now the electric companys have to barrow a lot of electricity from other states, at much higher prices, lets put a dent in this problem, for our kids future!

Answer 1

These schemes do not pay for themselves. The initial outlay generally requires about 80 years before you break even, so a far better idea would be to encourage the construction of more nuclear power plants which would provide inexpensive and abundant energy to everyone, not just schools.

(Note: when I say "encourage" I really mean just get out of the way in a regulatory sense, and indemnify them from nuisance lawsuits by environmental organizations)

Answer 2

In a free market system the cheapest sources of power are the ones that are going to be built. If the electric company can get $x for the electricity it generates it is going to find a generator that produces the electricity for the cheapest amount so that it can get the biggest profits. This keeps everyones bills low because if everyone is generating cheap electricity then the price falls. Wind power is not cheap power. Sure the wind is free but the towers, the land and the generators are not. Since they can't work 24/7 but only when the wind is blowing they spend a lot of time doing nothing but costing their owners money.

Answer 3

Currently I think Congress is more inclined to prevent wind energy than to fund it. It has something to do with birds getting hit by the fans. (Don't ask me why screens aren't an option, they seem to work for little kids).

The truth is that the federal government LIKES us using oil, because they can tax you 50 cents a gallon on it, while accusing oil companies of "gouging" for making ten. There are no "gallons" of wind power, so until they figure out how to tax it, they aren't going to get out of the way, let alone support it.

Answer 4

If wind energy were cheaper than the current 'solution' then everyone would be using it already. It makes more sense for any funding in this regard to go directly to the schools who would choose how to spend the money.