“If it is GREEN, it doesn’t work.”
But it can. From the start, the applications for alternative energy were wrong. Each source needs its own applications where the strength of the technology maxed out.
As an example, nuclear power is the best for sustained usage. This would apply to housing, businesses and infrastructure. It’s still the cheapest of the alternatives, been in use for over 40 years and is a proven technology.
Solar should be used in areas where there is little rain and is close to a water source. Build desalination facilities and use solar to power them. Problem here is collection technology. Having miles and miles of panels is too big a footprint and it is a waste of land.
Now, having a pipeline type of collection, where the pipes are lined in solar collecting material, with numerous power plants along the route which can carry water is the way to go. You can run the pipes for hundreds of miles, collect sunlight to convert to energy and bring clean water to towns.
Wind turbines should be used as one-offs for smaller requirements. A farm for example. However, where wind would have the greatest benefits is being collected far off-shore and then transported back to other power stations that can supplement traditional energy sources.
Here is where I would use the turbines for other uses like, monitoring for radiation. Network the turbines with radiation monitors. If radiation is detected, the Coast Guard or nearest navy vessel can check it out. This could be part of a green national security initiative.
Because this is all political, the only thing the left has is Orange Man bad and Communism is good, as long as the leaders of the movement are exempt.
A far better example of green energy, are dams. We need to build more, and use nature's flow of water to generate electrical energy.
However, greenies are pushing to tear down dams, and new dams are not being built. There is a big push to tear down Hetch Hetchy dam in Yosemite Park. Greenies are hypocrites.