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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head
I didn't say solar was "bad". I said it's not a viable source of power for the world.
0.23% energy production for the U.S. = Fantasy energy source. Certainly not a challenger of any kind.
If the U.S. is only producing .23%, do you honestly expect to see some country like Nigeria or Guatemala operating on 100% solar? Where are you going to build all the massive solar farms needed to power the US? Well, there's land in the midwest.... maybe we don't need farming. What happens when a hurricane, tornado, or hail storm destroys a solar farm? How are you going to power jets, helicopters, trains, aircraft carriers, submarines, container ships, billions of cars, factories, military machinery.... with solar panels?
Right now, I pay $25 per month to power my home. No other investment required.
When solar can power my home cheaper than what I'm paying now, then I'll get on board. Until then, no thanks.
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As I stated the US has just started investing heavily in solar and most new energy production being added to the power grid is either solar or wind. You don't snap your fingers and output 30 or 40% in a year.
China the second largest power producing nation which has almost 70% of production being coal, has stopped all new coal plants and is going renewable. Even still they only have 1% of their production as renewable.
It's a long haul to recreate an entire country's power sources. It will take 20 or 30 years to get us to even 30% renewable.
As far as your $25 power bill, does that include fees? Because most people pay that much just in fees for delivery costs..