Sunday, April 28, 2019

United States Losing The Race Converting To Solar Energy

While the U.S. is stringing polluting and flammable fossil fuel pipelines all across our nation one of the largest oil producers, the UAE is not.

CNN
$13.6B record-breaking solar park rises from Dubai desert
"Once finished, Dubai Energy and Water Authority (DEWA) told CNN the 50 billion-dirham ($13.6 billion) investment could power as many as 1.3 million homes, reducing carbon emissions by 6.5 million tonnes annually...

The Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050 is working towards generating 25% of its energy output from clean sources by 2030, and 75% by 2050 -- equivalent to a capacity of 42,000 megawatts."


Nether is China


Oh look so is India!


These are only three of the dozens of other nations going full throttle on solar energy.

Solar Advantages
The price for the sun's energy never changes unlike market driven fuel prices.
Refineries, storage tanks and pipelines can leak, pollute and catch fire.
All fossil fuels require mining or drilling polluting land and water.
Some farmers rather then forced to sell off their land can benefit via solar farms.
Large warehouse roofs are wasted space which could be better utilized.
Converting solar heat to energy instead helps to cool the Earth.
Makes countries less dependent on foreign fuel and possible sanctions.
Current generating plants require huge amounts of readily available water.
Solar doesn't require oxygen to be sucked out of the air.
etc., etc., etc.
In the past no one with delivery horses would envision canal boats and later steam engines giving way to fossil fueled vehicles. Now time has come to move on such as they. For many years we were the leader in technology. If we are to make MAGA it must come through seizing our leadership once again via leading in future technology. Either that or we in the United States can remain stubbornly fixed in our ways while the rest of the world passes us by.

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