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Originally Posted by Robbie
Tony, we have had solar panels in this country since the 1970's at least.
That's why I questioned WHY the govt isn't doing anything.
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They are, and so are many other governments. There are many "green" programs out there, especially here in Canada. Solar panels are tricky though because they are very expensive and not terribly efficient. One thing they are though, is CLEAN. Like all technologies though, prices will continue to go down and efficiency will continue to go up.
The main problem is that solar and other green energies are constantly being squashed by the Oil and Coal industries, most notably through disinformation.
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Originally Posted by Robbie
The feds handed Solyndra (I know, I know...Solyndra has been talked about to death) hundreds of millions of dollars for...WHAT?
What was the money for?
WHY didn't they HIRE Solyndra to put solar panels up on every home and business in the U.S.?
That would have been money well-spent. Jobs would have been created. And our use of green energy (solar) in the United States would have been unsurpassed in the world.
But nope.
Instead, we had lifetime politicians in Congress funneling that money out to cronies. And the Solyndra money (like so much of the rest of the trillion or so dollars) just disappeared with nothing to show for it.
That's the number one reason I don't accept this whole CO2/climate change stuff.
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That's too bad, because you are basing your decision by comparing 2 completely different things, and on wrong information on top of that.
Solyndra was a startup solar-power equipment manufacturer that went bankrupt in August 2012. The company’s solar collectors used a special tubular internal design that let it collect light from all directions, and were made with a copper-indium-gallium-diselenide, which was a thin film that was very efficient and cheaper than Silicon.
Solyndra was one of several companies that received assistance from the government, in an attempt to push back on China’s strategic targeting of green-energy manufacturing.
The money for Solyndra came from the WALTON FAMILY (Walmart). The Walton family received a LOAN GUARANTEE from the Department of Energy, originally pushed by the Bush Administration, was only 1.3% of the entire DOE portfolio. So what happened? The economy went bad (do you remember why?), the demand dropped for the same reason, and Solyndra could not compete with Subsidized companies in China.
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Originally Posted by Robbie
And if you read what I posted about Al Gore...you can definitely see that he is profiting BIG time off of scaring people about it.
Yet guys like crockett and Mark Prince just ignore all these things.
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Please don't talk for me. You don't know me and don't know what you're talking about when it comes to me. I don't care what Al Gore says, I care what scientists say. I also care about having choice when it comes to sources of energy.
Anyone who was taught basic science in school will know that there is plenty of energy available everywhere you look. People do not have to rely on coal and oil for 100% of their energy needs. Burning oil to move your car or heat your home is expensive and dirty. There are alternatives out there, but of course big oil and coal do not want you to open your eyes to that fact.
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Originally Posted by Robbie
To them it's a world-wide emergency...even though NO govt is doing anything about it.
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Of course many governments are doing something about it. Here's the thing Robbie : Al Gore's answers are not wrong. Maybe he is making money from what he is doing, but green energy is something that needs attention.
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Originally Posted by Robbie
Meanwhile in Syria today...the U.S. military put more CO2 AND real pollution in the air than the entire United States citizenry combined does in a year.
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You may want to send a thank-you letter to George W Bush for that.
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Originally Posted by Robbie
Yeah...our govt. really believes in man-made climate change. <sarcasm>
No, they believe in cashing in and revenue from carbon trading and carbon tax.
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Trust me, I think it sucks too. We shouldn't be in this position in the first place. Thankfully though, the world is waking up to the shit we're doing to our planet, and hopefully change will come sooner rather than later and we can start cleaning it up.
Peace.