Solar may be USA's largest source of electricity by 2035!

[Hurricanelover]

Solar with batteries could literally power the entire fucking world supported by batteries by mid century.

 

[Oddball]

So we're going to be giving a tiny fraction of the nation electrical power for 6-7 hours a day, huh?

Doesn't sound like such a hot deal.

 

[theHawk]

There isn’t enough lithium to make such batteries. Plus Solar can’t power up cities and charge batteries at the same time, so you’d need double the amount of solar panels to charge up batteries while also powering up cities.

Even in sunny Arizona, solar only makes up 6% of power sources. It has zero chance of ever being near 50% for the entire country.

 

[Auld Phart]

Solar with batteries could literally power the entire fucking world supported by batteries by mid century.

good

EVs might make a comeback.

 

[MarathonMike]

Solar with batteries could literally power the entire fucking world supported by batteries by mid century.

Take it from an electrical engineer. Not gonna happen in this century.

 

[mudwhistle]

Solar with batteries could literally power the entire fucking world supported by batteries by mid century.

Yep.....all you need is millions of slaves to dig the metals out of the ground to build the batteries.

The scars on the Earth and the release of poisonous minerals will turn large areas into a desolate landscape.

 

[marvin martian]

Solar with batteries could literally power the entire fucking world supported by batteries by mid century.

Maybe. First we need to get laggards like California, Oregon, Illinios, and New York on board with this. Beautiful Texas is the nation's leader in renewable energy, but the chaotic blue states are too mired in crime, filth, disease, and corruption to catch up. Maybe there's hop for them someday, but perhaps it's best to leave them behind and move into the future without them.

 

[1srelluc]

Till the next hail storm comes along.

 

[okfine]

Take it from an electrical engineer. Not gonna happen in this century.

I bet you know everything... BS

 

[TNHarley]

could literally power the entire fucking world supported by batteries

 

[Manonthestreet]

people will believe anything

 

[Vrenn]

There isn’t enough lithium to make such batteries. Plus Solar can’t power up cities and charge batteries at the same time, so you’d need double the amount of solar panels to charge up batteries while also powering up cities.

Even in sunny Arizona, solar only makes up 6% of power sources. It has zero chance of ever being near 50% for the entire country.

Just south of here, the county of Montrose and those south of there buy there's from New Mexico. It makes up over 20% of their power useage. Electric Power is 20% while NG is just under 70%. The rest is Hydroelecric. North of there, all of our power comes from Hydroelectric (primary), Solar (secondary) with a small amount of wind. Natural Gas has been regulated to a back power.

And we sell millions of Electricity to Los Angeles.

 

[Leo123]

With solar, you run our of sun every day.

 

[sparky]

Take it from an electrical engineer. Not gonna happen in this century.

H*ll, im only a spark, and i can do the math.......~S~

 

[Hurricanelover]

 

[Rambunctious]

And it will only go out when its super hot or super cold or in the event of a national crisis....

 

[Libby von H]

Solar with batteries could literally power the entire fucking world supported by batteries by mid century.

Not after the Texas proof that it can't work

The Destruction of a Massive Texas Solar Farm Highlights the Fragility of “Renewable Energy”​

BY SEAMUS OTHOTMARCH 26, 2024

China’s Solar Power Dominance Threatens Western Clean Energy Dreams​

China’s Solar Power Dominance Threatens Western Clean Energy Dreams

China's massive investments in solar power production threaten to corner the clean energy market, potentially leading to a global energy supply chain controlled by Beijing and raising concerns about fair competition.

finance.yahoo.com

Solar is starting on its death and that is 3-fold
It can't survive bad weather
It leaches horrible chemicals into the ground
It delivers almost all repair and materials into the hands of China

I will be watching you to keep you honest

 

[sparky]

~S~

 

[CowboyTed]

There isn’t enough lithium to make such batteries. Plus Solar can’t power up cities and charge batteries at the same time, so you’d need double the amount of solar panels to charge up batteries while also powering up cities.

Even in sunny Arizona, solar only makes up 6% of power sources. It has zero chance of ever being near 50% for the entire country.

Don't need Lithium batteries, only a stupid fuck would want to use lithium batteries to store that much power...

This is why stupid people like you are not in charge if the electric grid...

This has been the right's obsession with Big Oil... There lobbyists did a good number on ye...

Solar creates jobs, is cheaper than fossil fuel over time,

US renewable energy farms outstrip 99% of coal plants economically – study

It is cheaper to build solar panels or cluster of wind turbines and connect them to the grid than to keep operating coal plants

www.theguardian.com

It is cheaper, simple...

 

[sparky]

Don't need Lithium batteries, only a stupid fuck would want to use lithium batteries to store that much power...

how does one keep powered up w/out storage then Ted?

~S~