Doubts for supporters of Wind Energy & Ethanol…

Good article for those who think wind energy's a solution to peak oil.

Basically, Canada's limiting only 10% of its energy needs from wind energy, stating alot of uncertainties over the stability of the energy derived from wind 'cos wind doesn't blow all the time.

and another article to smash the "myth" about Brazil's oil independence using ethanol as substitutes:

Clinton is hawking the idea that taxing offshore oil drilling companies, from 1% to 6% — a 600% hike for some — and then turning the spoils into a new government bureaucracy for ethanol development is the way to end California's dependence on imported oil.

"Imagine if we stop being dependent on foreign oil. Brazil did it. They made a simple switch to their cars. Switched to ethanol, grown from their own crops. And it's 33% cheaper than gas," Clinton said, neglecting one key detail: cars must use three times as much ethanol as gas.

"With Proposition 87, we can switch to cleaner fuels, wind and solar power," he says in a political ad, "and free ourselves from foreign oil. If Brazil can do it, so can California."

But as a matter of fact, that's not what Brazil did.