Global Warming
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We are being taught that energy is scarce and the less we use, the better for the environment. Well.. it depends on the perspective.
Energy is abundant and free. You just need to reach for it. There are solar panels available to you that could easily power the computer you're reading this on.
Like I wrote before, people build energy-efficient solar powered houses which send energy back to the grid and make profit, even in countries with inbred solar deficit like the UK. If everyone built like that, it would turn the world upside down. We are on the verge of a revolution.
Coal plants will be extinct not because they're phased out by governments, but because alternative power technologies are being developed rapidly.It only takes small patches of land (or ocean) worth of panels to provide all the energy the world needs now.
It is a paradox, hence sounds absurd, but if we use more energy, the closer we get to infinite free energy sources.
[now I read that again, I do sound like a looney here ;) ]
- Coal is still very abundant and cheap. Also VERY dirty. It's not going away anytime soon.joeth
- Gov needs to help in selling energy back to grid.joeth
- in what way? forcing the grid to buy?raf
- Gov builds the infrastructure. The grid (at least in US) needs to be updated to make this possible.joeth
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