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Originally Posted by toeser
Politics combined with rank stupidity. There are people who think our country can be run solely with wind and solar. It cannot.
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I agree! You won’t be able to power 1/2 the country with renewable sources. I worked for utilities for over 30 years and there are so many politics/green earthers requirements for utilities to follow for generating power it’s ridiculous.
I worked for a utility that generated power from hydro which is the cleanest source you can have but it also has some of the most stringent rules they have to abide by, for example, some endangered fish prevent dams being built, Indian reservations bring up many issues, etc.. We also had natural gas, nuclear, fuel cells, and wood generating plants. All were safe but each had their protesters. Nuclear waste is a big deal. But so are EV car batteries and golf cart batteries.
Nuclear Fusion will be the best power source of power but it’s decades late.
The utility also worked on fuel cell technology which is a fantastic technology that uses clean natural gas with a by product of water, we had a little shoe box that would power 1 house. We actually converted a 10 story hotel to use fuel cells that were the size of a couple refrigerators. But now, you have people against natural gas which doesn’t make sense.
Wind farms are inefficient, solar is inefficient and requires batteries to make it a viable source and batteries have their drawbacks.
We have enough fossil fuels to last us 100’s of years with todays technology and hydro power can be increased many times over if not for the protesters.
Nuclear fusion is also very promising.