I have nothing against solar power. I’m fact, I’m going to install panels and an inverter this fall during rainy season (better prices for the installation 😂)
It only makes sense as here in Thailand there is a ton of strong sunlight (12° North). Electric is not that expensive (about 1.3¢ per kWh) and thus my electric bill is not too bad ($40-$50 a month), but if I want to run my air conditioners all day, my electric bill would double.
Installation wouldn’t be all that expensive and the parts are dirt cheap here (about $300 for the inverter and about $100 per kw of panel).
But, and here’s the key thing, NOBODY is forcing me to do so. And that’s the right way to do it. Not the Biden agenda of destroying the country.
Hydro is a different matter altogether. In the wrong areas, hydro destroys the ecosystems not only of the flooded area above the dam but the ecology the entire way downstream. The Mekong River should be a major warning to anybody wanting to implement major hydro projects (as well as the impact of the Aswan Dam on the Nile agriculture).
I just wish nuclear would be considered as viable and that they’d put more into fusion. But they won’t.
Envious. I’d love to retire to Thailand!!!