FROM SOLAR GRID TO CATTLE SHED: How Greenpeace’s Dream Of A Solar-Powered Village Fell Apart In Just A Few Years. Yet another greentard panacea that’s now kaput. California is next up.
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SolarCity Slashes Nevada Jobs, Seeks Subsidies Elsewhere
SolarCity Slashes Nevada Jobs, Seeks Subsidies Elsewhere. Not only is solar worthless after dark, it’s worthless without subsidies.
German Renewable Energy Keeps Blacking Out! Supply Often Less Than 2% Of Wintertime Demand
German Renewable Energy Keeps Blacking Out! Supply Often Less Than 2% Of Wintertime Demand. Ach! Mein electic car von’t charge! Ach! Mien electric train ist stranded! Ach! Mein house ist colder than Stalingrad!
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This is our favorite photo of the month. It’s a run down, weed-infested field of solar panels near Markranstaedt, Germany.
This is our favorite photo of the month. It’s a run down, weed-infested field of solar panels near Markranstaedt, Germany.
A thousand years from now archeologists will uncover these vast fields of silicon panels around the world and wonder what their purpose was.
We, on the other hand, don’t have to wait a thousand years. We’re already wondering what their purpose is.
Source: WattsUpWithThat
Eco-wackos on parade: Now they’re suing to stop a solar plant
But … but … but how can this be? We thought solar was the fuel of the future, the salvation of mankind, the inexhaustible green gift that keeps on giving.
But … but … but how can this be? We thought solar was the fuel of the future, the salvation of mankind, the inexhaustible green gift that keeps on giving.
Reuters has the tale of the confused conservationists:
A U.S. conversation (sic) group has sued the federal government over its approval of a major solar power plant in the California desert, the latest in a string of challenges to the nation’s renewable energy goals from the environmental community.
According to court papers, the non-profit Western Watersheds Project alleged U.S. regulators approved Brightsource Energy’s 370-megawatt Ivanpah solar energy plant without conducting adequate environmental reviews, and asked the court to order the defendants to withdraw their approvals.
Let’s see now. We can’t use coal because it’s dirty. We can’t use hydroelectric because it destroys natural waterways. We can’t use oil because it causes global warming. We can’t use wind because it kills birds and bats and destroys the view from the Kennedy’s Hyannisport estate. And now we can’t use solar because … well … we’re not quite sure why we can’t use solar.
Luckily, we saw this coming at IHateTheMedia.com and took steps to solve the problem of increasingly restricted fuel supplies. Our entire operation is powered with the high grade Japanese whale oil. Smells like hell, but it puts out a lovely warm glow that both heats and lights.
Source: Reuters
Leading climate change scientist says carbon offsets won’t work, “Enjoy life while you can”
On one hand, renowned climate expert James Lovelock thinks the global warming will destroy the world. On the other hand, he thinks all the political solutions are a scam.
The Guardian UK reports Lovelock’s heresy:
He dismisses eco ideas briskly, one by one. “Carbon offsetting? I wouldn’t dream of it. It’s just a joke. To pay money to plant trees, to think you’re offsetting the carbon? You’re probably making matters worse. You’re far better off giving to the charity Cool Earth, which gives the money to the native peoples to not take down their forests.”
Do he and his wife try to limit the number of flights they take? “No we don’t. Because we can’t.” And recycling, he adds, is “almost certainly a waste of time and energy”, while having a “green lifestyle” amounts to little more than “ostentatious grand gestures”. He distrusts the notion of ethical consumption. “Because always, in the end, it turns out to be a scam … or if it wasn’t one in the beginning, it becomes one.”
The Guardian continues:
You’re never going to get enough energy from wind to run a society such as ours,” he says. “Windmills! Oh no. No way of doing it. You can cover the whole country with the blasted things, millions of them. Waste of time.”
So given all this, what would Lovelock do now? “Enjoy life while you can. Because if you’re lucky it’s going to be 20 years before it hits the fan.”
A round of applause for James Lovelock for his honesty. Anyone Al Gore disagrees with is alright with us.
Source: Guardian UK
