Will wind energy be less expensive than fossil-fueled electricity before 2018?

I don't expect to be alive in 9 years!

A question -- forever -- AND EVER -- and ever -- FOREVER -- hallelujah!

Here's the catch-22. If we spend the time and money to build an alternative energy infrastructure it will lower demand for oil and suppress the price, and everyone will say, "look at the time and money we wasted." However, if we slack off, like we have for the past 35 years, the price of oil will be sky high and everyone will say, "see, I told you we should have done something."

Wind enrgy would be real cheap if they put the windmills in the Capitol Building, endless supply of wind blowing there...among other things

Too bad our wagers don't gain interest while we wait. Lol!

@ converse: good point, but there's always going to be a massive base level of oil consumption for which no alternatives are feasible in the forseeable future. Also, the fact that OPEC are determined to keep the price of oil at an artificially high level by restricting supply means that we have to reduce our dependence on oil wherever possible to stop the price of things like air travel going through the roof in the coming decades

#5 said, "Too bad our wagers don't gain interest while we wait."

Hubdub should institute that practice, as I suggested in a comment a few months back in the Technology/Hubdub section. Nothing would make the site, which mostly has long-term bets, more attractive than compensating long-term bettors for their patience. right now, it's too often like watching paint dry.