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Time to get real. Wind and solar are not practical nor economical nor viable nor sustainable sources of energy. It's time to stop beating that drum and get real
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Wind and solar are practical, viable, and sustainable. The economics of their power generation and power distribution varies from project to project. Some are economical, some are not.
The problem is not the wind and solar power, it is the too-quick transition and reliance on ONLY wind and solar. Well, wind + solar + water + geothermal.
With current conditions wind and solar should be SUPPLEMENTING the existing power grid, and we should be TRANSITIONING on to wind and solar and off of fossil fuels. But it should be a PROCESS, not a on/off switch. As wind and solar capacity - to include distribution - step up, fossil capacity should step down. And as fossil capacity reaches the 25% mark (or so) in any market, then either storage capacity and/or "rapid restart" capacity for offline fossil fuel generation facilities must also become a determining factor in further step down to ensure there are not brownouts or blackouts during unexpected demand or unexpected generation "droughts."
But we should ABSOLUTELY be actively and aggressively pursuing renewable energy, to include wind, solar, hydroelectric, and geothermal energy
The problem is not the wind and solar power, it is the too-quick transition and reliance on ONLY wind and solar. Well, wind + solar + water + geothermal.
With current conditions wind and solar should be SUPPLEMENTING the existing power grid, and we should be TRANSITIONING on to wind and solar and off of fossil fuels. But it should be a PROCESS, not a on/off switch. As wind and solar capacity - to include distribution - step up, fossil capacity should step down. And as fossil capacity reaches the 25% mark (or so) in any market, then either storage capacity and/or "rapid restart" capacity for offline fossil fuel generation facilities must also become a determining factor in further step down to ensure there are not brownouts or blackouts during unexpected demand or unexpected generation "droughts."
But we should ABSOLUTELY be actively and aggressively pursuing renewable energy, to include wind, solar, hydroelectric, and geothermal energy
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Solar absolutely is practical, economical, and viable. Over the past 2 months, my family has used less than zero energy from the grid. We actually put power back.
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CPT Jack Durish
And how much subsidy did you receive to install it? Therein lies the problem. To be viable, an energy generator must turn a profit without government intervention. Every windmill, every solar farm, none of them could attract investors based on the cost to income ration except for government subsidy, and without a profit, no investor would sink money into them
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MAJ Byron Oyler
Did you receive any government assistance, such as them paying for some of it or tax benefit?
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Solar is practical on homes...but in practice to power cars buses tricks trains ets not so much.
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