RE: Losing respect for Rand Paul
February 2, 2018 at 5:40 am
(This post was last modified: February 2, 2018 at 5:43 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(February 2, 2018 at 5:37 am)shadow Wrote: But that goes for literally anything made in China... all the cheap clothes and consumer goods we buy. And coal more than anything, were we to continue to use that as a power source. Your issue is with cheap Chinese manufacturing, not the energy industry or any other.That -is- the solar industry, and if it weren't china it would be someone else. Even china offshores the worst parts of this process.
Quote:And when you build a solar power plant, it produces electricity for decades. You dig coal out of the ground, you burn it, and then you need more coal. One has a fixed environmental cost, the other is constant. It's a massive difference.Not always......like I said, some panels..in reality..are no more or even less environmentally sound than fossil fuels.
Don;t take my word for it, go on a google safari..let wonder lead you to knowledge. You'll end up with a more complete understanding of the barriers to a practical sustainability.
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