Eco-Question: When will solar power become mainstream? Current Green

[Gorvjksajdaa]

i suggets to end publicity on YouTube. those fucking slots that come out from nowhere makes me want to KILL. LOoOL

[GhostIntoTheFog]

As long as there's still oil, coal and/or natural gas in the ground, solar power will always be a fringe form of energy. You're talking about a total shift in geopolitics and global economics that OPEC and the big energy companies won't take lying down.

[KittyRokher]

Doesn't Spain have a Solar Power Plant where all of the reflected sunlight is focussed into one spot to maximize energy gain? I think I remember hearing about that.

[corado21]

if it will be cheap yhea

[piratapan]

DAMN! Cant stop looking at his eyebrows when they are jumping like that... :(

[archivesbc]

The main problem is that solar power can't create the Gigawatts of power society needs. The photovoltaic cells that are used to absorb the light and convert it into energy die within 5-10 years and cannot be recycled and their residue pollutes the environment.

The best way for now is still nuclear power.

[QuitePossiblyANinja]

...which must be mined out of the ground in large amounts to get the amount needed, then put into a facility that has a small but prevalent chance of a complete meltdown. and THEN the wastewater must be stored in HUGE containers and buried underground.

[drmkkk]

how has been the fossil fuel industry been subsidized for the last 100 years? in Europe we pay ~70% tax on the cost fuels, is this the subsidy?

[QuitePossiblyANinja]

why?

[whhyyyyyyyyyy]

watch it: you will know

[QuitePossiblyANinja]

know what?

[zeroz69]

two

[kittyhasagun]

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