I got another one: "You want the Congress and President to work for you?" "We Own the Congress and President"
Some comedian once said: "If they could put a meter on the sun, we'd have solar everything by sundown tomorrow."
I once had a debate with a "libertarian" . . . if any of you have had the misfortune of doing this, prepare for a long-winded screed on economic theory and return on investment. Profit motive, incentives. Bill Gates. Steve Jobs. Yada yada.. a very unpleasant experience.
Anyway, the ROI argument came up.
Obviously Alaska, Siberia, Scandinavian countries, The Arctic and Antarctic et al are not going to be able to do 100% solar.
But Colorado has 301 days of sunshine each year. Ditto Arizona, New Mexico, many parts of Texas, Utah, a lot of California. Plus often the Midwest could be happily relying on solar. And Chicago could easily do a solar/wind combination - they are not called the Windy City because of wishful thinking but because of reality.
A friend's neighborhood on the shoulders of Mt Konocti in Northern California could be one hundred percent off the grid by using solar technology combined with wind technology.
Also, and you may not have heard about this, NASA is planning on solar powered space stations that will do nothing but collect solar energy and ZAP it back to the earth. So one reason why there is such fervor to cut back NASA isn't because of the meme "Why put people on Mars when we cannot solve our problems here?" but its opposite: because the Powers that Be fear what this type of technology would free mankind from.
Obviously Alaska, Siberia, Scandinavian countries, The Arctic and Antarctic et al are not going to be able to do 100% solar.
But Colorado has 301 days of sunshine each year. Ditto Arizona, New Mexico, many parts of Texas, Utah, a lot of California. Plus often the Midwest could be happily relying on solar. And Chicago could easily do a solar/wind combination - they are not called the Windy City because of wishful thinking but because of reality.
A friend's neighborhood on the shoulders of Mt Konocti in Northern California could be one hundred percent off the grid by using solar technology combined with wind technology.
Also, and you may not have heard about this, NASA is planning on solar powered space stations that will do nothing but collect solar energy and ZAP it back to the earth. So one reason why there is such fervor to cut back NASA isn't because of the meme "Why put people on Mars when we cannot solve our problems here?" but its opposite: because the Powers that Be fear what this type of technology would free mankind from.
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