| Soundwave said: The sun is the provider and enabler of all life on the planet pretty much. If it can do that, it certainly can power our piddly little automobiles and homes. The sun emits a tremendous amount of solar energy onto the earth's surface, several times more than our energy needs require. The price of solar will continue to come down too. This is all the land needed (the purple square there) of solar panels to power the entire United States, and that could be obviously more spread out through the country into like 10-20 different spots. *snip* |
The sun is the enabler for all of life yet some would dare to even look down on it because it is also the main enabler of climate change that you guys so despise ...
Solar has very little future in the near term outside of maybe California or Hawaii where electricity costs are high in those area all the while featuring high luminosity to boot ...
For most states it's just cheaper to dig up fossil fuels, refine and use them when the sunken costs have already been incurred ...
Humanity will not be able to rid itself of dependence from fossil fuels for a long time when it currently makes cars cheaper, can be used at will and has high energy density format which is useful for energy storage ...
