Here's my counter argument to this. If solar really worked, nations with more need for less or no fossil fuels would have implemented clean tech already. Sweden, Japan, Israel, Switzerland, etc, would say screw you to oil, and coal, no matter how much the US is owned by Big Petro. So we need basic research, for ourselves for the environment, for the economy on solar storage. Regulations tend to benefit the regulators and hardly ever, Joe Six Pack. "See, we are now restricting your hours on the road to reduce damage to the environment, and forestall catastrophic climate change and save your poor unwashed, asses." This will be coming next. But this is the mentality. First lying, then exaggeration, then re-naming, then excuses. -----Original Message----- From: LizR <[email protected]> To: everything-list <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, May 8, 2015 12:33 am Subject: Re: Michael Shermer becomes sceptical about scepticism!
On 8 May 2015 at 15:14, spudboy100 via Everything List <[email protected]> wrote: Better yet, assume some of its true, and move to solar. The only way to move to solar is to create superb storage technology, for night and winter times. Otherwise solar fails. Any demands for regulation of the serfs for their own good, needs to be met with rebellion, because it then is not a fix, but an excuse to impose dictatorship. Solar electric nearly eliminates co2, methane, soot, and thermal release, so therefore, regulations are never needed. The problem - or one of the problems - is that existing govts and corps have got a lot invested in fossil. Hence we may need regulations - or even just the removal of existing regulations - to level the playing field and give solar a chance. Hopefully it will take off anyway, but time may be critical, si as with RAW's ten good reasons to get up in the morning it may be a case of any little thing tippnig the balance. Including govt regulations making things better for investors in solar (say). I'd hate to see the human race go down the tuebs because of ideological oppostition to any form of regulations, should that happen to be the deciding factor. PS I see Elon Musk has some sort of storage thingy in the works, did that already get an airing here? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
