Solar was never green. The lifecycle footprint from manufacture to transportation, installation, and end of life is top-heavy, with materials and processes that produce a lot of pollution. That was true before China captured most of the market.
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Solar Energy Management for Residential Properties: Best Practices for Homeowners
As the world moves towards a more sustainable future, residential solar energy systems have become increasingly popular among homeowners.
Elon Musk’s Solar Panel Paradox
by John Klar
In a recent interview with Joe Rogan, Elon Musk claimed the United States could be supplied with electricity by a 10,000-square-mile solar array. Mr. Rogan did not critically press the iconic X-owner as to the logistical or environmental problems such an installation would present.
Green Party Vice Chancellor – Germany is Going to have to Burn More Coal
When Donald Trump declared before the UN Assembly that Germany would be at the mercy of Russia because of its green policies, the elites scoffed. Germany laughed. Four years later, Economy Minister Robert Habeck announced that Germany must burn coal because they can’t get enough gas from Russia.
PFOA v. Solar Panels: Proof That NH Democrats Are Not Serious About “Clean” Drinking Water
On one hand, NH Democrats pushed meaningless standards for drinking water that will cost hundreds of millions for no added benefit. On the other hand, they want to spend more to expand something that is an actual threat to drinking water.
Solar road has no solar gain – so much for the “yellow brick road”!
by Skip
Yeah, why am I not surprised – not the brightest idea when it first came out. Doing roads is hard. Roads HAVE to be hard. Solar cells are not hard. Doubt me? Reformatted, emphasis mine: Three Years Later, the French Solar Road Is a Total Flop Three years later, even the most optimistic supporters have … Read more
Data Point – Data for Grid Parity for Solar PV keeps going into the future
by Skip
(H/T: Business Insider)
I have said often that I am not against Solar Energy – I bought a solar hot water heater and solar hot air solar collectors (home heating). But I paid a pretty penny for them and once the subsidies dried up, so did the companies that could no longer service the companies. BI pulls from another source for this chart – Catherine Wood of AllianceBernstein:
The coming of grid parity keeps receding into the distance like a desert mirage. Over the last six years, executives at solar energy firms and their consultants have projected repeatedly that solar energy will reach grid parity—become cost competitive with other power sources—in three to five years—only to push its expected time of arrival further into the future…
…To understand the concept of grid parity, imagine you’re an electric power company executive poised to invest in new generating capacity. You can invest in any technology you want, using any kind of fuel. All you care about is whether the net cash flow from selling the electricity would provide a reasonable return on invested capital. Your first order of business would be to see what price you’d have to charge for the electricity you produce to justify the investment.
Today, you’d need to charge $375 per megawatt hour to justify investment in new solar equipment—nearly four times the average US retail price of electricity. That’s why solar energy requires steep subsidies.
Solyndra Pay To Play Hanging On Obama Like A Dead Weight
Obama’s Solyndra problem in under three minutes
WILL LIVING OFF THE GRID BE ILLEGAL SOON?
by Rick Olson
“Doesn’t the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes.” ~Imelda Marcos USA Today reported back in April 2006, that 180,000 families were living “off the grid” Moreover, USA Today in that same story reported that that rate has jumped to upwards of 33% a year for a decade according … Read more
It’s Not Easy Being Green…
In a profanity strewn diatribe before the Aspen Institute, Gore said mean things about scientists who must be on the payroll of some arch-nemesis bent on brainwashing everyone into letting the evil genius destroy the planet. This, as opposed to all the “scientists” (economists, journalists, confidence men) who have been hiding the decline or crowding out dissent to keep the billions in taxpayer dollars rolling in to keep them “on message.”