[molson209]

Solar power is not for power ,you silly person

[Venturer]

We would have to entirely cover the earth with Solar panels and the sun would have to shine 24/7 to supply our energy needs .

[Scrambler Bob]

On cold winter days, eat dead eagle meat and make clothes from the feathers.

[humblegunner]

You wrote it, why excerpt?

[I want the USA back]

Wind power is no use during a hurricane. Unless someone can develop a type of battery that can hold enormous quantities of energy, that make up for its cost, then we had better forget about wind and solar power.

[NormsRevenge]

Meanwhile, wood burning remains verboten in the bay area, for the 6th day running, and likely to continue thru the weekend.

Wood is a renewable resource , solar panels are not.

[Gay State Conservative]

I read not long ago that Saudi Arabia was either building...or planning...a huge solar panel farm that would provide a very substantial percentage of the Arabian peninsula's electricity needs.Give how close they are to the equator and how seldom a single cloud appears in the sky it might...just might...make sense there.But in most of North America,Europe and the industrialized regions of Asia probably not.It might make sense in Australia for that matter.

[minnesota_bound]

I cannot get a tan during the winter months as easily either : )

[minnesota_bound]

Here is a site for the California power grid.
http://www.caiso.com/outlook/outlook.html

BTW solar never works at night and wind power never works on a calm day. Nuclear, gas, gas power plants always works 24/7

[familyop]

This comment was powered by a tiny PV solar system.

[omega4412]

Solar energy: our fair-weather friend.

[nvscanman]

Solar and wind are useful adjuncts to normal power production.
They can augment normal supplynat peak demands and are
useful during power outage/shortages. If all homes had 1 watt
per sq ft of area installed it would make a significant dent in the
need for peak power capacity for extreme heat events. It would
Help limit air pollution and save people money. Wind generation
In the right climes has the same advantages. If ALL new construction
required such as part of the building the costs would diminish due to
volume.

Solar/wind can never replace normal power production, it CAN
however be an effective supplement. An added benefit is if enough
homes and other new construction were to have added power supplies
a SHTF scenario might not be so bad....the effects could be mitigated
if enough private power generation capacity existed.