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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: RetiredNow who wrote (1061339)3/20/2018 8:34:06 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) of 1575537
 
Mindmeld,
Solar and Wind: resource is free and unlimited, while the investment required is the upfront capital to build the harvesters and the grid connectors, as well as the storage units to smooth out supply
Well yeah, that's the fine print when it comes to solar and wind. Promises of "free and unlimited" energy are complicated by the huge upfront investment in infrastructure.

Then there's wear-and-tear on the windmills themselves, along with maintenance of millions of solar panels. You'll need a lot of them over many square miles to match the power output of fossil fuel plants. That means a LOT more exposure to the elements, so the maintenance costs can quickly multiply.

Eventually all of this will make economic sense once fossil fuels become scarce and expensive, but I don't think we're there yet. Maybe in the next decade or two.

Tenchusatsu
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