Originally Posted by
BradC
I don't in any way disagree with you. The problem is they haven't taken back the power grid in the same way. I know this is what you were getting at, but I wanted to emphasize it. The private sector only takes an interest in "the grid" because it's chronically subsidized. "renewable" power only works when it's "subsidized". Nuclear won't get up because it'd have to be nationalized. In the mean time, it's Coal and Gas (smacks hand, naughty boy). Those that oppose Coal and Gas need to have their power turned off for the half of the year the sun isn't shining and wind isn't blowing.
As for the distribution infrastructure required to get power from these wind and solar "farms" (you know, the "farms" that don't actually produce stuff we need, when we need it but produce ****loads of excess **** we don't need when everyone elses roof is producing too), it costs a **** load, destroys actual farming infrastructure (you know, the stuff that makes the things we eat to survive) and destroys the value of farms (which means farmers no longer want to farm). So at the end of the day it turns valuable farmland into stuff we're going to bulldoze and try to find a place to bury in the next 20 years.
Yay renewables! I'd rather eat pork, lamb, beef and eggs.
