RBM
03-05-2009, 08:37 AM
A Wall Street Journal (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) article focused on Solar in the US.
The author:
Mr. Bryce is the managing editor of Energy Tribune. His latest book is "Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of 'Energy Independence'"(Public Affairs, 2008)
This piece focus' on scale. Scale is the largest under appreciated aspect in this dialog, IMO. (I've seen at least one thread on the forum of a contributing factor to the under appreciation which is 'generalist vs specialist.')
Mr. Bryce uses some critically important equivalents and their terms in the correct context of the broader issue of energy use.
He also makes it personal:
... I'm not opposed to renewables. I have solar panels on the roof of my house here in Texas that generate 3,200 watts. And those panels (which were heavily subsidized by Austin Energy, the city-owned utility) provide about one-third of the electricity my family of five consumes...
There's a lot of meat in this article !
The author:
Mr. Bryce is the managing editor of Energy Tribune. His latest book is "Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of 'Energy Independence'"(Public Affairs, 2008)
This piece focus' on scale. Scale is the largest under appreciated aspect in this dialog, IMO. (I've seen at least one thread on the forum of a contributing factor to the under appreciation which is 'generalist vs specialist.')
Mr. Bryce uses some critically important equivalents and their terms in the correct context of the broader issue of energy use.
He also makes it personal:
... I'm not opposed to renewables. I have solar panels on the roof of my house here in Texas that generate 3,200 watts. And those panels (which were heavily subsidized by Austin Energy, the city-owned utility) provide about one-third of the electricity my family of five consumes...
There's a lot of meat in this article !