How to Power the World with Solar Energy

[as1mz]

You have to hand it to Musk, he is ambitious. Damn ambitious. Cover a corner of Utah or Nevada and power the US, cover Spain (or an equal area) almost entirely and power the world.

How to Power the World with Solar Energy | Today in Pakistan

 

[ultron]

It's possible. But do people want to put up with all those toxic cancer causing rare earth metals in solar panels? There is always a trade off. There is no free lunch.

BBC - Future - The dystopian lake filled by the world’s tech lust

Toxic Waste Sullies Solar’s Squeaky Clean Image | OilPrice.com

I much prefer non toxic natural gas for energy. I myself is a staunch environmentalist. I love nature. I love plants. I love animals. If someone comes to me selling solar panels I call the cops. Fossil fuels are non corrosive, non toxic, all natural. No other energy comes close to being as clean and friendly to the environment as fossil fuels. And that, my friends, is a fact.

A single fossil fuel power plant takes up a fraction of a city block. How big is a wind farm or a solar farm? How much natural habitat has been destroyed? The facts speak for themselves.