Germany generating so much windpower today that price for electricity will fall... below zero

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37. Solar isn't irrational as long as it isn't overrated

Sure, we don't have the vast spaces or the amount of sunshine of the Arizona desert here, but the cumulative effect of renewables is enough to not regard any of it as purely window dressing. I wasn't even taking Norway into the equation. And solar panels aren't completely useless on cloudy days.

The scrubbers, by the way reduce the smog, but they don't eliminate it entirely, and of course the CO2 remains. Burning ANYTHING for power is ultimately a negative for global warming, which is why EVERY alternative other than nuclear is preferable. Even hydro is precarious if it means diverting natural flows of waterways. The only "it's gonna happen anyway" resources we have are wind and solar, and one way or another, those countries that figure out how to harness them for energy with the greatest efficiency will be the best off. Reagan had the solar panels Jimmy Carter installed on the White House removed. Imagine how far along the USA would be today, if we had followed Carter's initiative uninterrupted. Merkel may have gotten there forty years late, but at least SOMEONE has decided to take the lead. Trump sure isn't going to be the one to do it.