Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan (Post 2014483)

Apparently, it makes you feel good to draw conclusions about other people, seems to be a habit here.

What I don't like is people that point out all the negatives without providing any evidence or comparison. And of course, if something isn't perfectly good, then it is obviously perfectly bad.

Have fun playing your silly games.

Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan (Post 2014743)

WE do hear about it, apparently you don't. I do not know why you don't, but here is your answer:

For those that don't like to read articles, I included a summary chart shopping the FULL LIFECYCLE emissions of various energy sources, please note that Solar lifecycle emissions is about 1/2 to 1/10 that of fossil fuel.


https://www.world-nuclear.org/upload..._lifecycle.pdf

Originally Posted by Ptmckiou (Post 2014648)

Here is the thing. It’s a bad analogy, because those rare minerals are going to be mined and shipped ANYWAY, because they are so valuable. If we don’t use them for manufacturing, then someone will buy them. Something valuable and rare is not going to be ignored. Unfortunately, the USA is so far behind in technology, it’s quite embarrassing. The rest of the world has moved on, and here we sit with our hands tied by fossil fuel companies keeping us in the Stone Age driving model-T’s, because they have good representation with DC politicians. Our roads and bridges are falling apart, our technology innovation is subpar, our manufacturing is next to nothing, and we just keep sliding farther away from number one. Even little things are embarrassing like we are rated 10th down on the list for the number of hospital beds per 1000 citizens in the country, and we are down to 11th on the list for the country’s citizens living the longest. Our enemies must be laughing at us, distracted for decades spending trillions on wars, instead of spending the money on bettering our country. Now we are broke, and our infrastructure subpar compared to other advanced countries that have been at work over the decades keeping up with technology and repairs.

Originally Posted by tsmall22204 (Post 2015076)

So what does your false dissertation of bad business decisions of manufacturers have to do with a home owner installing solar panels and saving money and electricity. You have the glass is half empty approach. One more point... not all power plants use coal.