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Originally Posted by mambeg
Nothing is free. Remember all solar panels will be in land fills in about 25 years, they do not last forever. China burns tons of coal fired mills to make the panels. The electrical infrastructure in the USA is about 1/2 of what we need at this point to charge the anticipated electrical cars we will all owns some day. Solar and wind generation will not be enough. If you want to do something, start at home. Look at the garbage we all throw out. All bought and paid for and will end up in a land fill or burnt.
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AS to junk thrown out. Toys could be made from wood, which is a natural renewable, instead of plastic - which is based on oil, which is a finite quantity. Lots of things are and can be made out of wood. Because of global warming and overpopulation, the US is losing much of its valuable, renewable, wood resources. We worry greatly about oil spills and oil is a short-term, limited resource. It is US land and forests that we should be worried about. And because of global warming, our forests have more insect pests in them than ever before - it is a bad cycle that we are in!
..... And I could be, just as well, talking about WATER - that is being wasted on pecans and other water-wasting crops.