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OKIsItJustMe

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7. Is there a harm in putting solar in place?
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 09:30 AM
Apr 2017

If people are not competing for energy resources (e.g. oil) might they be a bit more peaceful?

5-10TW within 13 years? kristopher Apr 2017 #1
You're welcome OKIsItJustMe Apr 2017 #3
Peak watts are not energy, never have been, never will be. The operative point is 1% of... NNadir Apr 2017 #2
rate of growth in solar is indisputable ccarrick Apr 2017 #4
Bullshit. First of all, the solar industry doesn't count the cost of redundancies, in... NNadir Apr 2017 #5
You, sir, are full of crap ccarrick Apr 2017 #12
Well, sir, I'm going to go with the measured chemistry of the planetary atmosphere and thousands... NNadir Apr 2017 #13
Talk about projection ccarrick Apr 2017 #14
Nuclear energy for more than 30 years has been the world's largest, by far, source of climate... NNadir Apr 2017 #15
waste ccarrick Apr 2017 #16
zone of death ccarrick Apr 2017 #19
Thought experiment: Let's pretend solar panels are FREE. hunter Apr 2017 #6
Is there a harm in putting solar in place? OKIsItJustMe Apr 2017 #7
Probably. It will be electronic waste in 20 or 30 years, and there will be no infrastructure... NNadir Apr 2017 #8
There's no such thing yet. hunter Apr 2017 #9
Individuals, putting panels on their roofs is not "the answer" OKIsItJustMe Apr 2017 #10
You, for one, don't see anything wrong with throwing trillions of dollars that could be spent... NNadir Apr 2017 #11
yes, but how? ccarrick Apr 2017 #17
Here in the U.S.A. we've already got a robust high capacity distributed energy system. hunter Apr 2017 #18
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