If Texas is soo great, why is it so cheap?

[Muhnay]

Originally Posted by texdav

Its the combination of cheaper housing and the booming business thus jobs i Texas that is making the difference.Not just oil but all energy and alot more businesses. Top fortune 500 state.

On I10 you can see hundreds of Wind mills.. so Texas is well invested in alt. energy sources. Its a good thing too.. Heck even here in El Paso TX we have a few of the big Wind generators.

[Chickrae]

Everytime I come back into this thread........it makes me want to move to Texas. There is something that makes people come back for more and more, or stay.

[lutarian]

Not trying to start any crap. But if Texas is so into alternate energy sources why is the cost per kw so high compared to so many other states?

I mean. The state is freaking huge and has sun most of the year. All wal-mart, targets, k-marts could use solar panels and certain areas could have tons of wind mills which I thing would be great. The states of TX could produce so much energy with solar panels alone it's nutty.

Actually so could many states but they don't. Think about the energy wal-marts, k-marts, targets and malls alone use. It's crazy.

States like Cali, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and Florida could dominate in alt energy sources.

[Kofi713]

Originally Posted by lutarian

Not trying to start any crap. But if Texas is so into alternate energy sources why is the cost per kw so high compared to so many other states?

I mean. The state is freaking huge and has sun most of the year. All wal-mart, targets, k-marts could use solar panels and certain areas could have tons of wind mills which I thing would be great. The states of TX could produce so much energy with solar panels alone it's nutty.

Actually so could many states but they don't. Think about the energy wal-marts, k-marts, targets and malls alone use. It's crazy.

States like Cali, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and Florida could dominate in alt energy sources.

Yet, they don't, and Texas is no leading the way. Thanks.

[CalGal953]

Originally Posted by Kofi713

Yet, they don't, and Texas is no leading the way. Thanks.

Oh, really?

Green Wombat: Green State vs. Brown State: Report Details California and Texas Energy Use (broken link)

Texas produces 10.2 percent of the country's coal-fired electricity; California a tenth of 1 percent. California, however, generates the most power from solar, wind and other non-hydro sources, accounting for about 26 percent of the U.S.'s renewable energy. Texas' share is about 6 percent.

And I know Texas is leading in wind power, though Southern California Edison on Thursday announced it has signed the nation's largest wind energy deal (broken link), an agreement to buy 1,500 megawatts from wind farms to be built in the Tehachapi region by Australian wind power company Alta Windpower Development.

And if you don't like having to produce oil for those of us who do not drill off our coasts, then why don't you stop whining and demand that the Congressional Republicans and your own fellow Texan Bush stop blocking legislation for research and development in alternative energy sources?

[Kofi713]

That's what I was talking about. Leading in wind power and is growing in other alt. energy areas. Your first link came from no where, sorry. You think we all love Bush down here? He is from Connecticut. IF anything, the only Texas cities Bush is tied to is Midland, Crowley, and Dallas (his library is going there, HA!).

Enjoy: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121496500652721955.html

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[Muhnay]

Here is a google map of the two in El Paso.. I only know of these because one of my jobs in El Paso a while back was to check these out 3 times a week.

El Paso TX - Google Maps

Scroll back out and you'll see that they are in deed in El Paso... there is talk of building more all along that mountain range to help give power to the many new homes being built out there.

Speaking of if you look you'll see the roads are already cut and laid out all over the desert for El Paso Expansion.. kinda ties into that thread about What is the next Big City in Texas..

[Kofi713]

Yeah, El Paso has a lot of freeway frontage already built.