Very interesting. I’d like it better if it were sourced, but the numbers are basically correct.
I bought 10.6 kW worth of panels, not because I wanted to save the Earth, but because I’m tired of the government telling me what to do. With subsidies and the rising costs of my local electricity, a 10.6 kW off grid system payback is six years give or take a few. My electricity is then “free”.
I’m in rural Hawaii, with acreage, so I can easily go “off grid”.
FJB and all the Eco nuts that are destroying our American standard of living.
I have said (and posted here) that it takes about 10 years for a 1.5MW wind turbine to generate the power it took to manufacture and install. Not including the maintenance cost.
Now that's some real "net zero"!
Likely not; thank you for changing title.
Very informative.
Many factual untruths.
The vast majority of utility-scale wind turbines have double-fed generators which use no rare earths.
“Wind turbine blades can’t be recycled” is a lie. GE Wind, Iberdrola, and private businesses are doing so already. It’s a big chunk of fiberglass just like boat hulls or RV shells. Recycling involves grinding it up and using the material which is 70% silica as a substitute for making cement. https://news.stlpublicradio.org/health-science-environment/2022-05-27/how-to-recycle-a-150-foot-wind-turbine-blade-haul-it-to-louisiana-mo
The problem is, FR is an echo chamber when it comes to this issue and uninformed people share incorrect or incomplete information with others who just burp it back up on every thread.
I didn't catch the trolling title he actually gave his writing?
Some of us have known about these popular lies for a very long time. He could have delved into the details of the imbedded costs. The paycheck or effort of every individual who participated in a process of production down to the convenience store clerk that sold the truck driver a pack of crackers and all those who were involved in producing the crackers. Then multiply the untold multiple thousands of individuals who contribute to production or overhead for any endeavor.
Hydropower currently accounts for 37% of total U.S. renewable electricity generation and about 7% of total U.S. electricity generation.
“Einstein’s formula, E=MC2, tells us it takes the same amount of energy to move a five-thousand-pound gasoline-driven automobile a mile as it does an electric one. The only question again is what produces the power? To reiterate, it does not come from the battery; the battery is only the storage device, like a gas tank in a car. ‘
That statement alone makes me realize this writer doesn’t know what they are talking about.
Whoever wrote this has my vote for any office he wants to run for...
This is a Must read!