Solar now accounts for over 50% of new electricity capacity added to the U.S. grid

More nonsense ^^^ as has been repeatedly shown.

 

The US spends more on climate related disasters than any other nation. As the leader of the free world continues to cry “Hoax”, the country will watch in horror, as he throws paper towels at the victims, claiming that they are in a Blue state.

 

Irrational rant.

 

There is no increasing trend when using real (inflation adjusted) dollars and economic growth.

 

More "Nothing" comments, with no backup, as more comprehensive posters on the Forum provide data and true scientific studies.

 

The replies were appropriate responses to hysterical posts.

 

The replies were typical Denier rhetoric comments attempting to downplay the ongoing problems associated with climate change, as well as the much worse looming problems on the horizon.

 

Nope. You're just participating in the alarmist climate hype-fest.

 

My point manifested…

 

The data are against you.
Our Energy Future: Conserve to Convert
David Archibald
So that begs the question: what is the ultimate technology in energy? What technology will our great grandchildren have settled on to keep the lights on, the wheels turning and…

Wind turbines and solar panels are neither renewable or sustainable. Solar panels only last 15 to 20 years. And then what? They are mostly glass and not worth more than empty beer bottles. Will the metals smeared on them as thinly as possible be worth recovering? Nobody has bothered to do so yet and likely never will. There goes the renewable label. What is worse is that the metals used to make solar panels include cadmium. Cadmium is more poisonous than lead. It is highly toxic when ingested or inhaled, primarily affecting the kidneys, bones, and lungs. Inhalation of cadmium dust or fumes is particularly dangerous and can lead to lung cancer. Cadmium can accumulate in the environment, especially in soil and water. It is taken up by plants, entering the food chain and potentially impacting human health through contaminated food. Cadmium loading is up to 10 grams per square metre of solar panel. To avoid environmental damage, solar panels will have to end up in engineered repositories. There is nothing renewable, sustainable, economical, rational or joyous about solar panels.

It is the same for wind. Wind turbines are engineered to last as long as the power contract they are to service. Why design for a 50 to 100 year life if your contract is for only 15 years? Blade failure is one thing and rotor fires are understandable but the fact that the towers of wind turbines buckle means that they are built on the slimmest of design margins. If we paid 20% more for our wind turbines, would they last five times as long? We are told to think of the children, but our grandchildren won’t inherit these things. What they will inherit is a lot of waste fibreglass to send to landfill.

Let’s cut to the chase. If wind turbines and solar panels are just self-indulgent artefacts of currently cheap Chinese coal power and the fossil fuels will fade due to depletion, what is the choice of energy systems for our great grandchildren? It is a choice of either nuclear energy or horse-drawn carts. Let’s assume that they make the better choice of nuclear power. That may seem to be the better choice but we now live in a world in which some politicians can’t define what a woman is and that inability seems to be no impediment to their re-election. So sensible choices can’t be taken for granted.

 

I don’t wish to read propaganda from your Low Fact source.

 

Of course you don't.

 

China is breaking more records with solar power.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...t-gigawatt-sized-offshore-solar-power-project

China Starts First Gigawatt-Sized Offshore Solar Power Project

 

Change is coming.
Trump Announces the Creation of the National Energy Council
Charles Rotter
In a significant move to reshape America’s energy policy, President-elect Donald Trump has announced the formation of a National Energy Council, appointing North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum as its head.…

Trump said in a statement.

“This Council will oversee the path to U.S. ENERGY DOMINANCE by cutting red tape, enhancing private sector investments across all sectors of the Economy, and by focusing on INNOVATION over longstanding, but totally unnecessary, regulation,”

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/tr...chair-new-national-energy-council-2024-11-15/

 

It’s better to light one candle than curse the darkness. It must be stressful to engage in denialism every day rather than challenge your beliefs and narratives.

 

Good luck all. I’m moving to Reddit. Too many shills on here.

 

Solar power may mean a cold winter for some.
‘Energy-Limited Resources’: Huge Swaths Of America Face Blackout Risks If Winter Is Bitter, Grid Watchdog Warns
Owen Klinsky
Hundreds of millions of Americans risk experiencing power shortages this winter if weather conditions are harsh, according to a new report published by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), a power grid watchdog.

Nearly all residents of the Northeast, Texas and Midwest could face energy shortfalls in the event of a colder-than-usual winter, the NERC report states. The lack of grid reliability is driven largely by growing electricity demand as well as the replacement of coal-fired and older natural gas-fired generators with energy-limited resources such as solar power. . . .

 

Solar threatens the grid.
Aussie AEMO to use Voltage Spikes to Force Disconnect Rooftop Solar
Eric Worrall
“… AEMO said the ever growing output from solar was posing an increasing threat to the safety and security of the grid …”

 

The chickens are coming home to roost.