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[NEWS] China scraps coal power plants in favor of renewable energy
SeventhSandwich:
--- Quote from: Tactical Nuke on January 17, 2017, 04:41:52 PM ---Renewable energy is only so cheap because of massive government subsidies. That, and in terms of efficiency, there's absolutely no way you're competing with natural gas and oil.
Believe me, I'm conservative too and I'd like to see a switch to renewable energy as well. First, though, there needs to be enough R&D in that field to develop renewable sources that surpass oil and natural gas in both cost and output.
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A market-based solution is coming, I can assure you of that. But until then, why not stave off some of the damage by subsidizing cleaner energy?
Dreams_Of_Cheese:
--- Quote from: Swat 3 on January 17, 2017, 06:20:07 PM ---Orbital solar arrays hue.
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step 1) obtain solar panels
step 2) obtain really long extension cord
KinggWithaK:
what if someone cuts the cord
Dreams_Of_Cheese:
step2.1) more extention cords
Perry:
the sad part about solar energy is that eventually we'll run out of the elements used to make solar panel so we'll be left with a finite number of solar panels and an infinite amount of sun above us, unable to be harvested
i play factorio for a living, i'm an expert on renewable energy