The New Mass Extinction: There’s A Pipeline Ready To Burst Under The Great Lakes

[JDPriestly]

118. No one thought that electricity was possible. But it is.

It's just a matter of time. Someone will solve these problems.

I never ever thought we would have the kind of electronic media we have. The radio only became a thing in households in the 1920s.

My grandmother always yelled, screamed loudly into the telephone. She could not fathom the idea that anyone could hear her at the other end unless she spoke very loudly.

Our imaginations are just too limited. The problem of transmitting the electricity from solar power stations will be solved, and if not, we will find ways to collect solar power in situations in which we now think that it is impossible. We will find a way.

Oil and gas are not the solution in the long term. They are killing our planet. Coal is even worse.

Here in Southern California, at the very least, we should have no use for coal or oil or gas. We need to switch quickly and efficiently to solar energy. This is especially true for powering air conditioners. Why are we using coal, gas or oil to make electricity on hot, sunny days when solar panels could be used? It's absurd.

We subsidize oil and gas exploration. Let's end or drastically reduce those subsidies and subsidize solar energy installations and weatherization.

We can do this. We just have to have a little trust and simply do it. Germany is the last place I would expect to have success with solar power. It is rainy and gloomy. In the winter, Northern Germany is cold and overcast very often. Yet they are using solar. They don't have oil. They don't want nuclear because it is too dangerous.

We have a far better climate for solar energy than does Germany. Let's use solar. Cut the subsidies for oil and gas and you will see how competitive solar energy really is.