Oh! The perils of the energy alternatives

It's not easy being Green! Kermit was so right!

So very many of the alternatives are so themselves frought with hidden costs.

• Opponents of wind power claim it kills birds and bats.
• Opponents of Corn Ethanol claim it takes almost as much energy to create it you get from it, and that it uses some of the worlds food supply
• Opponents of Nuclear Energy claim we haven't solve safety and spent fuel disposal issues
• There are hidden CO2 production issues in making Hydrogen, which burns polution free in fuel cells
• Fuel cells themselves require elements and compounds which are in short supply
• Electric car batteries use materials we buy from China and may be in short supply

Issues, yes. That doesn't mean we should stop, it just means we have a lot of problems to solve before we can declare fossil fuels obsolete.

It's not easy being Green!