So solar is dying? The numbers

[progressive hunter]

One could die laughing at any such assertion about the demise of this thriving, friendly technology.. Solar is only beginning.

Exactly. And the price is still going down. Plus, one can now buy batteries that are set up so that if the grid goes down, you can run your home off the solar panels and the batteries. And the price of those batteries will soon be going down as well.

Batteries are the key. Provides a stable source of power at night and cloudy days.

not if you use a grid tie system,,,

 

[Andylusion]

With the potential for 1300 W per square meter of sunlight, and given that the sun shines 24/7, the will be ways found to more cheaply harvest.
It is already an investment, not an expenditure.

What.... are you.... smoking....?

The Sun Shines 24/7? We just went 14 days where it was cloudy or cloudy and raining. For 14 days, no sun. Should the entire city just shut down? How many massive batteries would you suggest we install for 14 days worth of electricity?

Garbage claims.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Health externalities of burning fossil fuels.


"Burning fossil fuels creates air pollutants such as particulate matter, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, ozone, and mercury. These pollutants lead to health impacts including asthma, lung disease, bronchitis, and other chronic respiratory diseases that may lead to premature death. Air pollutants from fossil fuels also contribute to the development of lung and other cancers; lung cancer accounts for 30 percent of cancer-related deaths each year. Air pollutants, such as those released from vehicles and power plants that rely on the combustion of fossil fuels, cause 200,000 premature deaths each year.

Taking into account the coal power sector alone, it is estimated that fine particulate matter from U.S. coal plants resulted in 13,200 deaths, 9,700 hospitalizations, and 20,000 heart attacks in 2010. Coal-fired power plants are also the largest source of airborne mercury emissions in the United States. Mercury can move through the food chain and accumulate in the flesh of fish, posing the greatest risk to pregnant women."

Fact Sheet: Fossil Fuel Subsidies: A Closer Look at Tax Breaks and Societal Costs | White Papers | EESI

Just another reason to leave fossil fuels behind.

Air pollutants, such as those released from vehicles and power plants that rely on the combustion of fossil fuels, cause 200,000 premature deaths each year.


Fossil fuels also prevent tens of millions from freezing or starving to death each year.

 

[there4eyeM]

Bulletin:
The shines shines even when you don't see it.

 

[there4eyeM]

Health externalities of burning fossil fuels.


"Burning fossil fuels creates air pollutants such as particulate matter, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, ozone, and mercury. These pollutants lead to health impacts including asthma, lung disease, bronchitis, and other chronic respiratory diseases that may lead to premature death. Air pollutants from fossil fuels also contribute to the development of lung and other cancers; lung cancer accounts for 30 percent of cancer-related deaths each year. Air pollutants, such as those released from vehicles and power plants that rely on the combustion of fossil fuels, cause 200,000 premature deaths each year.

Taking into account the coal power sector alone, it is estimated that fine particulate matter from U.S. coal plants resulted in 13,200 deaths, 9,700 hospitalizations, and 20,000 heart attacks in 2010. Coal-fired power plants are also the largest source of airborne mercury emissions in the United States. Mercury can move through the food chain and accumulate in the flesh of fish, posing the greatest risk to pregnant women."

Fact Sheet: Fossil Fuel Subsidies: A Closer Look at Tax Breaks and Societal Costs | White Papers | EESI

Just another reason to leave fossil fuels behind.

Air pollutants, such as those released from vehicles and power plants that rely on the combustion of fossil fuels, cause 200,000 premature deaths each year.


Fossil fuels also prevent tens of millions from freezing or starving to death each year.

..or, rather, fossil fuels allow people to live where they need fossil fuels to live.

 

[Sunsettommy]

Health externalities of burning fossil fuels.


"Burning fossil fuels creates air pollutants such as particulate matter, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, ozone, and mercury. These pollutants lead to health impacts including asthma, lung disease, bronchitis, and other chronic respiratory diseases that may lead to premature death. Air pollutants from fossil fuels also contribute to the development of lung and other cancers; lung cancer accounts for 30 percent of cancer-related deaths each year. Air pollutants, such as those released from vehicles and power plants that rely on the combustion of fossil fuels, cause 200,000 premature deaths each year.

Taking into account the coal power sector alone, it is estimated that fine particulate matter from U.S. coal plants resulted in 13,200 deaths, 9,700 hospitalizations, and 20,000 heart attacks in 2010. Coal-fired power plants are also the largest source of airborne mercury emissions in the United States. Mercury can move through the food chain and accumulate in the flesh of fish, posing the greatest risk to pregnant women."

Fact Sheet: Fossil Fuel Subsidies: A Closer Look at Tax Breaks and Societal Costs | White Papers | EESI

Just another reason to leave fossil fuels behind.

Not going to happen. Period. Arguing it, just makes you ridiculous. All these made up estimated numbers, mean nothing.

His health chart is highly misleading and incomplete, only a low level thinker would fall for it uncritically.

 

[Andylusion]

Health externalities of burning fossil fuels.


"Burning fossil fuels creates air pollutants such as particulate matter, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, ozone, and mercury. These pollutants lead to health impacts including asthma, lung disease, bronchitis, and other chronic respiratory diseases that may lead to premature death. Air pollutants from fossil fuels also contribute to the development of lung and other cancers; lung cancer accounts for 30 percent of cancer-related deaths each year. Air pollutants, such as those released from vehicles and power plants that rely on the combustion of fossil fuels, cause 200,000 premature deaths each year.

Taking into account the coal power sector alone, it is estimated that fine particulate matter from U.S. coal plants resulted in 13,200 deaths, 9,700 hospitalizations, and 20,000 heart attacks in 2010. Coal-fired power plants are also the largest source of airborne mercury emissions in the United States. Mercury can move through the food chain and accumulate in the flesh of fish, posing the greatest risk to pregnant women."

Fact Sheet: Fossil Fuel Subsidies: A Closer Look at Tax Breaks and Societal Costs | White Papers | EESI

Just another reason to leave fossil fuels behind.

Not going to happen. Period. Arguing it, just makes you ridiculous. All these made up estimated numbers, mean nothing.

His health chart is highly misleading and incomplete, only a low level thinker would fall for it uncritically.

Of course. If people thought critically, no one would be a left-winger.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Health externalities of burning fossil fuels.


"Burning fossil fuels creates air pollutants such as particulate matter, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, ozone, and mercury. These pollutants lead to health impacts including asthma, lung disease, bronchitis, and other chronic respiratory diseases that may lead to premature death. Air pollutants from fossil fuels also contribute to the development of lung and other cancers; lung cancer accounts for 30 percent of cancer-related deaths each year. Air pollutants, such as those released from vehicles and power plants that rely on the combustion of fossil fuels, cause 200,000 premature deaths each year.

Taking into account the coal power sector alone, it is estimated that fine particulate matter from U.S. coal plants resulted in 13,200 deaths, 9,700 hospitalizations, and 20,000 heart attacks in 2010. Coal-fired power plants are also the largest source of airborne mercury emissions in the United States. Mercury can move through the food chain and accumulate in the flesh of fish, posing the greatest risk to pregnant women."

Fact Sheet: Fossil Fuel Subsidies: A Closer Look at Tax Breaks and Societal Costs | White Papers | EESI

Just another reason to leave fossil fuels behind.

Air pollutants, such as those released from vehicles and power plants that rely on the combustion of fossil fuels, cause 200,000 premature deaths each year.


Fossil fuels also prevent tens of millions from freezing or starving to death each year.

..or, rather, fossil fuels allow people to live where they need fossil fuels to live.

We could use wood instead.....

 

[there4eyeM]

Wood is renewable and a very good resource for so many things, including heat.

 

[Chuz Life]

One could die laughing at any such assertion about the demise of this thriving, friendly technology.. Solar is only beginning.

Exactly. And the price is still going down. Plus, one can now buy batteries that are set up so that if the grid goes down, you can run your home off the solar panels and the batteries. And the price of those batteries will soon be going down as well.

Do you have a breakdown of the costs and carbon footprint related to the mining, transporting, refining, production, installation and maintenance of the solar panels, batteries and all the other electrical (many of them rare earth) components?

 

[there4eyeM]

The sure thing is that continuing as we are now, there will be total breakdown. Going to renewables is choosing life.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

The sure thing is that continuing as we are now, there will be total breakdown. Going to renewables is choosing life.

The sure thing is that continuing as we are now, there will be total breakdown.

Why?