Global warming: Are we doomed? A poll.

[onlinebiker]

Maybe people need a global plan.

Like for starters, place lots of those machines that suck carbon from the air in places where there is lots of solar energy, like the Sahara. Store that carbon (dioxide) underground, and also fuse some of that carbon with hydrogen and produce fuel for all the cars and planes in enough quantity so we don't have to pump more oil from the ground, but just circle the carbon.

Then something must be done about that plastic and electronic garbage. Maybe build big gasification plants to burn all the plastics with very hot lasers in places with lots of solar energy like deserts.

And when it comes to producing electricity, wind and solar are now cheaper options than gas and coal.

And that's it. The solution doesn't seem so hard to implement.

Uh.

No.

You can keep telling yourself that - but it' s just not true.


You know what makes solar power cheap?

Taxpayers.

Want to see the true cost of power?

Disconnect commercial power from your abode.

Go buy the solar panels or windmill. Buy the batteries to get you through the night. And don't skimp on reserve - or during a cloudy spell you might be without power. (Don' t forget you will be replacing those pricey batteries every 5 years or so)Go buy an inverter to turn it into usable household current. (Wait till you see what a 220v single phase inverter costs).

10,000 watts worth. Bare minimum. If you want to heat with " cheap" solar electric you will need double that. Same for air conditioning. 

If it was cheap - half of you would already be doing this.


Tell the truth now - how many of you have cut the cord with the electric company?


Nobody?


Gee..


Big surprise.