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[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by goof2

Because the "alternatives" really aren't alternatives?

Look at the Cape Wind fiasco. It isn't really an "alternative" as it relies on government subsidies to build, tax breaks to operate, and tax breaks to the customer to make it economically feasible. Even with all that it is still more expensive than conventional power. With that their power will still cost an estimated 15% or 20% more than conventional. Without that it would be somewhere over double the cost.

yes but why is that technology so expensive that it requires subsidies to build, tax breaks to operate, and tax breaks to the customer to make it economically feasible?

That isn't because of "big oil", it is because the technology has yet to, and may never, reach the point of being a true alternative

I maintain that "big oil" holds such a significant portion of the market that it can price alternatives out of the market.

I could be wrong but that's my opinion.