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David Watson 🥑
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I am but my solar company mislead and scammed me. I believe in the technology, but the marketplace for it in the US is ripe with corruption and scams.
I take solar very seriously. I have had solar on my home for under 2 months and have generated 4.4 Mwh of energy. Haven’t paid a single electric bill since. Really awesome and highly recommend, though expensive upfront.
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Solar is completely unable to be scaled and it's unreliable. Peak hours for use are at times when it's at marginal efficiency as the sun is either rising or setting. China can be completely wasteful since they don't answer to voters or real customers.
Solar is sweet until they're under snow for months, as ours were last winter in the Adirondacks. Can't believe the industry hasn't taken the issue seriously. Engineered in CA and subtropical Shenzen!
And what are you going to do with all the waist once the panels no longer work. There is no practical way to recycle them or wind generators. Not to mention all the heavy metals that will leak into the ground water. Common sense needs to make a comeback.
After reading a bit more on why "baseload" power is lagging behind, the biggest bottleneck comes down to massive delays and low global capacity for producing extremely complex, large steam turbine machines. Solar panels are modular and can be easily mass-produced in much greater
China ramped up solar because we fucked them on 40% of their oil when America stoped oil from moving through the straight of Hormuz 🤣 so the recent big spike means nothing
China's solar output is insane there. like 160 TWh per month? what do you mean nuclear isn't serious enough?
One must consider the absolutely massive waste in non-recyclable solar panels. China doesn’t give a dam* about the environment.
Solar's cute. Nuclear is the short term answer if emotional regulations go tout of the way. MS's restarting of Unit 1 at 3 Mile Island saves 30k+ acres in solar. We need more Nuclear, with Solar where it makes sense.
China has an all of the above policy: coal, nuclear, solar, wind, hydro, etc. The US is returning to the all of the above as well.
Where do the materials for solar come from? Letting China control your supply chain for energy is a national security risk. Make more nuclear. 11 aircraft carriers and who knows how many submarines says it works.
If you want to see more residential solar used in the United States, the government needs to make all these rebates and discount and tax relief programs accessible to the homeowner for DIY solar, instead of forcing us to overpay for some fly by the night contractor
Produced 60kwh today from my home solar, 12.5 megawatt hours on the year, 73mwh since installation during COVID.
Is this a copy of the original scare chart on global warming, aka climate change, in these "transparencies"? Chuckle's on me.
I do. Infinite possibilities to sustain environment and use energy without ruining it.