02-17-2015, 03:25 AM
Cell coverage in rural or remote areas is already done by pole mounted repeaters. Not sure why Vermont is so far behind. I'm guessing it's money related. On the drive from Sacremento to Lake Tahoe there are pole repeaters all the way so even the less populated areas have great coverage. But I'm pretty sure Lake Tahoe money has a lot to do with it.
As for solar, nuclear, wave generator and wind tech . they are currently All to expensive to be effective methods privately utilized in our aging carbon based infrastructure. Sure your seeing windmills pop up. But if the gov wasn't recently mandating their use you wouldn't be seeing them either. I think Vllad put it best in another thread here. Basically we'll never see serious infrastructure reform and upgrades in a capitalistic system until we burn up every last carbon source we can get our hands on first. Our system is just so geared to carbon it's going to cost serious $'s to the first poor schmucks who try to change it. Once it's changed costs could come down. But no ones going to offer up the money as it a guaranteed loss to any private industry. If we wait long enough the government will have to pay for it and every power and utility service provider knows it. The tech is there and they even own the patents already. Their just waiting on someone else to pony up the money.
As for solar, nuclear, wave generator and wind tech . they are currently All to expensive to be effective methods privately utilized in our aging carbon based infrastructure. Sure your seeing windmills pop up. But if the gov wasn't recently mandating their use you wouldn't be seeing them either. I think Vllad put it best in another thread here. Basically we'll never see serious infrastructure reform and upgrades in a capitalistic system until we burn up every last carbon source we can get our hands on first. Our system is just so geared to carbon it's going to cost serious $'s to the first poor schmucks who try to change it. Once it's changed costs could come down. But no ones going to offer up the money as it a guaranteed loss to any private industry. If we wait long enough the government will have to pay for it and every power and utility service provider knows it. The tech is there and they even own the patents already. Their just waiting on someone else to pony up the money.
a.k.a. Lucifyr Hobbs