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Less than 15% of land on the planet is suitable for wind power to be sustainable. About 5% of it is really good for wind power.

For solar, it’s not sustainable above the 40th parallel for most of the year in the US.

We lived off grid for 5 years on the 38th parallel(Ctrl MO) relying on a few solar panels for LED lighting and other very light electric loads. In winter, we’d get about 3-4 hours of decent charge on the batteries on sunny days. I had to get up on the roof in early Winter and tilt the panels and then lay them back down in Spring. At 9am, the sun might be hitting the panels but the rays have to go through the atmosphere at such an angle that it has more to go through making it ineffective. 10am - 2pm was the only effective time.

That’s 4 hours out of 24 and only on sunny days.

Every normal person that’s done their homework knows this but gov and greenies deny reality.

I think they would prefer if we all lived in shanties with dirt floors, no heat and walked or rode a bike everywhere. I overheard the mother of a guy I worked for talking about her and her husband’s worldly vacations.

“The workers in these other countries don’t have cars or big houses and they seem perfectly happy. Why can’t “our” workers be like that?” (She emphasized “our” like she was an owner)

Of course their favorite area was the South Pacific and I was in FL when I heard her so shanties might work but in NY, try living in a shanty with no heat and walking all year. Better get some dogs and snuggle up. It’s gonna be a Three Dog Night.

I've learned from experience not to argue the nuances and details of alternative power with the green types. They make up most of what they know to prove their points or they quote some scientists who get grants based on their ability to do the same thing.

What climate change is really about is system change. They want to ban fossil fuels because the capitalist free enterprise system is fueled by gas, oil and natural gas.

Then their goal is to replace the economic system from capitalism to socialism and communism. It is nothing more than a scam to change the political system to one that has never worked in the history of the world. Good luck with that.

The only people who benefit are the political elites. The temperature of the planet will never change as a result of their actions. And the wealth of the world will be funneled for our wallets into theirs. Simple as that.