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jeffreyi

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3. I think I am won over.

Reply to NNadir (Reply #2)

Fri Jun 18, 2021, 09:51 AM

Jun 2021

Vast acreages of open land in Nevada and elsewhere are in the process of being eaten by current and proposed solar industrial development. This current drought and heat wave will make it happen all the faster. There is absolutely nothing "green" about this. Only tragedy. Solar needs to be on rooftops, parking lots, dead shopping malls, etc., where there is already development and infrastructure.

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CAISO: Heat Wave in CA, So Called "Renewable Electricity" Matched Gas Electricity for 10 Minutes. [View all] NNadir Jun 2021 OP

Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but wouldn't all that power produced by renewables Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2021 #1

After a long life, I've decided that there is nothing "good" about so called "renewable energy." NNadir Jun 2021 #2

I think I am won over. jeffreyi Jun 2021 #3

I look at it this way -- each wind turbine represents an equal or greater commitment to natural gas. hunter Jun 2021 #4