Green != Smart

Better != Good
Green != Smart

Here's Andrew Kantor's bit on how being green doesn't always mean the smart choice.

I hate to say, I agree with a lot of what he rants on. Ethanol not being the best answer, the use of the grid as this fantastic battery, etc.

However, there's one premise that I disagree with. It is his thought in the 2nd paragraph. There he write "the long term solution is to find more energy, not to use less."

Outside of food, we never DIRECTLY use energy. So finding more, or conserving is a secondary concern when compared to the benefits we get from heat (comfort), or health, or information from the computers, not from having electricty directly. so while it is easy to pour more energy into the system and call it "good". Being able to get the same benefits with fewer resources is the ultimate goal.

Market is never rational, but always right. It'll tell you when the green solution is viable or not.