Imagine that.
Ayatoilet Barky’s fair-haired boy crashed.
Once ‘Overhyped and Sexy,’ Solar Tumbles
The excitement over solar power, which once attracted billions in private investment and public subsidies, has waned recently, underscoring the limitations of renewable energies and the unchallenged dominance of fossil fuels
Call me optimistic, But I do hope to see a similar headline about Obama and company soon.
Because we have enough cheap natural gas to last for hundreds of years, we don’t need ethanol, solar or wind projects. They are money pits created by enviro-nazis in their quest to remake America into a third-world hovel. The first move in dismantling these atrocities is eliminating the EPA, Nixon’s biggest blunder.
About three years back, my wife had someone come over to do an estimate for a solar system on our house to supplement our regular power. As part of the estimate, they did an analysis of how long it would take us to break even on the investment. It was 20 years—I kid you not. And I’m sure they were being as optimistic as possible.
No thanks.
End all subsidies for solar, wind, ethanol, and oil now,
and see which one is standing in two years. Hint: The only one that is economically viable.
Fewer and fewer people are convinced of the environmental damage fossil fuels are causing. Thanks to skeptics and the alternative press, the hoaxes and exaggerations have come to light.
The cycle of global warming has ceased and may be reversing. It’s gotten to the point where we barely hear the term global warming any longer. It’s been replaced with the term climate change which is an all encompassing term that any natural disaster (unusual heat, cold, snow, storms, earthquakes, etc.) can be blamed on.
Doesn’t help matters that whenever and wherever there is a global summit on the matter, a brutal cold snap with accompanying snow and ice appears. This is especially the case whenever Al Gore is due to make an appearance. :)
Schadenfreude .. when AlGork’s misery just cries out for some salt rubbed in !
the reason solar was doomed from the start is simple: once you get set up with a workable system, you no longer have to buy anything from the conglomerates that support he political system. Can’t have people having real independence now, can we?
Much like the way low-cost natural gas is transforming the U.S. energy market, “[solar] costs have come down so dramatically, it’s created a Darwinian environment,” Harris added. He pointed to the collapse in silicon - a linchpin of solar panel manufacturing - which has led to a steep drop in prices per watt of solar panels. That amount is now less than a dollar, down sharply from $4 per watt a few years ago, making it difficult for companies to make money.
The so called “Green” movement exists solely as a means to funnel taxpayer monies to political friends individually and collectively. There is, of course, a rakeoff to the “Divine One.”