A note of thanks to Francis Menton who allows his entire articles to be posted as long as there is attribution and a link. Much appreciated.
A good reminder that even the WSJ can only use the “journalists” on offer from the US “journalism” schools. It long ago became worth reading only for the (usually but not always) conservative opinions and editorials.
You need to subsidize stuff that doesn’t work.
If it worked, it wouldn’t need to be subsidized.
Why are we pushing an energy “solution” that doesn’t work?
“solar panels at any location in the northern hemisphere will produce less power in the winter than in the summer.”
That’s true, but this article also ignores that power consumption is lower in the winter.
Looking at the Southwest, the only part of the country solar is truly useful, solar production is about 25% lower in January than it is in June. But consumption is about 30% lower when comparing those same months.
Wait, I thought it was:
"Where the days are longer
The nights are stronger
Than moonshine"
Someone clearly lied!
If you want to get rid of fossil fuels for electrical generation there is only one solution, nuclear power.
Peruse later.
Where are the raw materials to come from, how much diesel fuel to mine them, and what about the ecological impacts of the mining operations? The beings in the UAPs watching us must be laughing their reproductive parts off at our insanity.
There is a health issue with solar panels nobody is talking about.
Cadmium Bloom.
You think asbestos is toxic? It only screws with the lungs.
Cadmium bloom screws with every organ in your body and is a KNOWN carcinogen.
Ask your local “expert” on solar panels about cadmium bloom.
You will get a blank stare.
Look how well it worked for solyndra!
From planning to ground breaking to facilities installation to manufacturing production to bankruptcy all in one year!
And it only cost a 1/2 a billion dollars!
That there’s some good governmenting
And what did the FBI do with the files they confiscated???
The article rightly points out the real limitation of intermittent power sources; ie, there is no storage technology capable of replacing baseline power generation backup. All the wind and solar put together will not lead to the retirement of one fossil fuel generating plant, given present technology. If solar power supplies ten % of power supply, all that means is that the coal, nuclear and natural gas generation can be dialed back by 10%. Maybe some day there will be the long promised technological breakthrough— storing heat in molten metal eg. But technology “under development” is no use when the lights go out.
Petroleum products are still going to be needed. Moving metal parts need lubrication.
Shucks...though t ths would be about Dr. Jill’s dissertation wherein she they printed those stupid math errors....Way to for a PhD huh?