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Compared to pumping money into pointless wars I think pumping money into subsidized solar panels is an excellent use of money. Sure there are many other ways to spend that money, and some of them may even be better. But this is definitely long term thinking on their part. Already Germany is the current world leader when it comes to renewables as a percentage of total generating power. As the price of power goes up th…
I agree. And when people talk about the money required for solar being so much more than the money required for carbon based fuels they don't take into the costs of controlling the resources in the middle east, the costs to take care of the people with lung problems, the cost of cleaning up the gulf coast and all the problems related to that (not to mention the costs of similar problems worldwide, such as in Nigeria)…
Re: Solar panel made with ion cannon is cheap enough to challenge fossil fuels
#161The problem is that these costs actually add to the GDP, which makes them look like a good thing, because they "make the economy grow".