“ In principle, I have no problem with solar or wind power to try and make them work, so they have a place in energy generation. Having said that, I want honesty so they can be placed where they work and not where they don’t work.”
The dirty little secret is that green energy is a huge scam. I have seen solar used effectively in places where it’s economically infeasible to use commercial power. One very effective use of solar is to power cathodic protection rectifiers on cross country pipelines.
Most of the large solar arrays and wind farms are being subsidized by the government. Once the subsidies end, there will be a significant jump in electricity prices.
Solar only seems to work on rooftops, very localized, and wind power seems useful to me as a means to charge an electric generator and not as a means of power in itself.
I read about a company that uses solar power to pump liquid up a hill. Then, at night, the liquid falls down the hill to generate electricity.
I think wind power is only useful as a passive generator of power for electric generators. Put a couple on the farm and use them once a month or so. Save yourself a months worth of electricity over the year.
“Once the subsidies end, there will be a significant jump in electricity prices.”
But our taxes will be lowered, correct?