Alternative Energy: The Paradigm is the Problem

Can We Afford Alternative Energy?
Most serious critiques of alternative energy boils down to, "it costs too much." True, detractors of wind power sometimes point to the number of birds and bats killed, and some people worry that electric vehicles (EVs) are so quiet that they pose a danger to blind pedestrians. While such critiques are legitimate in that they are real problems, they can also be alleviated. Avian fatalities can be greatly reduced by more sensitive siting of wind turbines, and even painting turbines purple. Nissan has installed an electric noisemaker in the Leaf to warn pedestrians of its approach. More to the point, such problems do not come close to outweighing the benefits of the technologies. Bird and pedestrian deaths from collisions with wind turbines and EVs are likely to be much lower than pollution-related illness and death that both technologies reduce by replacing pollution sources. Such arguments are more relevant to the question of how we should be pursuing alternative energy, rather than the much more important question of should we be pursuing alternative energy at all?"Does Alternative energy Cost too Much?" is a much more relevant question. If an alternative energy technology really costs "too much," then we should probably be spending our money on other methods of reducing pollution, such as research into more affordable alternatives, or ways to clean up the mess that "cheap" conventional energy leaves behind, such as Carbon Capture and Sequestration.
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