I just looked up the conversion efficiency of chlorophyll (you can tell this is BLF) and got:
from Wikipedia:
Commercial solar cells routinely achieve 20% these days, so the solar panels could actually be better for the environment than the plants they displace, as long as the power they produce is displacing power from sources that emit carbon dioxide.
I do agree that it’s better to put solar panels on dead spaces like rooftops, though - that’s a win-win for power and plant life.
Much of the money, time and effort going into solar, wind, etc. power recently should have been put into nuclear fission 30 years ago. Unfortunately there was a concerted misinformation campaign and extensive lobbying to kill it. Current nuclear tech is leagues beyond what was available for most of the 20th century but now its been made too expensive to really switch in that direction in the US.
There is a reason most of Europe and China have already made a significant switch toward it, its the only power source remotely close to be able replacing our dependence on fossil fuels for the foreseeable future.
Other renewable sources are a great supplement but they will NEVER achieve what the world needs on their own, even if tech advances in rapid leaps and bounds.
There have been too many highly publicized nuclear incidents for people to feel comfortable with fizzy power in their local neighborhood.
Maybe iffn it were Way Far Away they might get more comfortable….after awhile.
Same thing here, but for renewables.
Why did we throw money into fossil fuels when we could’ve developed better batteries, better storage methods, much more efficient vehicles, a better VHV infrastructure(750-1000kV), distributed country power generation, etc.
GREED and PROFIT, same as it always has been.
Less than 20 Families make money on everything on this Earth, they make money regardless of economy.
You may think you have a choice and a vote that matters, but in the end you don’t.
Sad but true.
And the coverage of those events was completely propagandized, without any analysis of why or how they really happened. Any plant built now would be exponentially more safe than Fukushima, unless a bunch of people completely forgot about natural factors such as earthquakes and tsunamis again.
Fossil fuel power plants are statistically much more dangerous, and release more radiation. Seriously.
I doubt that there wasn’t analysis as to what happened and why.
There was fair analysis, but how many people were presented with it, or had the resources to find it?
Think of it this way, if you asked people on the street how dangerous “ecig batteries” are - AKA the ones nearly all of us use in our flashlights - what do you think the average response would be after seeing nothing but reports of “Man Blows Jaw Off” in the news?
Electric cars are not the solution.
They are too expensive… They need a lot of time to recharge. Not all people have a garage or a place to recharge them…
And IMO…. They are dangerous because of the batteries used… Lithium based…
We need a better battery technology
You mean lithium ion I hope? Lithium-ion IMO, is a safer technology than gasoline powered cars.
Too expensive… for now. I’d rather pay more for a car than contributing to higher levels of pollution and stupidity(literally!).
There are level 2 chargers, and level 3 chargers. I’ve managed to convince my old apartment owner to install 1x Level 3 charger and many level 2 chargers, since the electric service was already very capable and absolute overkill.
Should’ve known it was a Tesla, the weed-powered hipster dream car. Stupid piece of rubbish.
I’m going to call this different solutions for different jobs and people. Large cities, go small electric for size and pollution. Rural, it’s still liquid fuel for now. In between, well that’s up to you. Electric is getting the research and if my roof can charge my car great. Now the other tech we’re looking at is OnStar and other similar products. With OnStar we can stop your car, tell how many are in it with the seat belt sensors. How fast, what direction and listen to your conversation. If it’s synced with the phones then that data came be combed through to give an idea of who is in the car. High speed chases might not be an option for runners for much longer. No plates no problem a future ping to the car will give it’s data. Currently the state of Texas is ironing out the legal agreements with the providers as are other states, many already have those agreements. Wire tapping warrants are near impossible with cell phones as they are often changed out with drug dealers. A warrant written to include car syncing allows us to keep track of those new phones. Often from first call up to when it’s tossed out the window. But that right now is more on a Federal level. Another bit of new tech, if you have a warrant and start your car it will inform us of it and your location. When a warrant is entered these days your name, aliases, address, description, picture, finger prints, vehicles owned along with a bit more are entered.
Oh, yeah. We're talking about Tesla here. For a second, I forgot!
Whatever technology is more or less already there, they just wait until the right time:
A Glass Battery That Keeps Getting Better? @ IEEE Spectrum
A related, older article in Spanish (https://forococheselectricos.com/2018/06/john-b-goodenough-bateria-electrolito-solido-revolucionaria.html) includes this cycle life to capacity graph:
Which looks pretty good, by the way. We'll see. 
Don’t hold back. Tell us how you really feel. :laughing:
Vague recollection, but some mobster sued the feds and/or OnStar because when they’d be listening in to what was going on in the car, any press-for-help would be disabled, potentially causing him harm or even death in the case of a wreck.
While I like the monthly telematics that’s included from when I bought my car, once it runs out, all it takes is unplugging the 3 connectors from the box near the rear wheel-well to disable it entirely. No need to pull fuses and take out whatever else is on the same circuit.
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Whoa… can’t believe I found it. ?
Mmmkay, the other day I was following a thread ( Suggestions for vape forums ??? ) which surreptitiously got deleted with barely any blaming or bad vibes, imho. Not to be a wet blanket, but this thread already has enough so… 
Well, I actually like this thread a lot.
I learned quite a bit of stuff from this thread:
1. Clean air is very important. Which is why we should have very tight regulation for companies that emit anything. A carbon tax ON companies that emit massive amounts of CO2 directly(petroleum/gas/coal producers+ importers).
2. IFR reactors seem very nice. Much more efficient fuel wise, and even less waste. REAL recycling FTW.
Yeh, IFRs are a thing of beauty in comparison. Canada made a start with their CANDU reactors, but IFRs take it to the next level. Clean nuclear power and the ability to get rid of existing radwaste.
Problem is paperwork and “It’s The Way Things Have Always Been Done”, ie, you can only build tried’n’true reactors based on 1950s tek.
Now… they still need to beef up the grid bigtime to accommodate all those EVs, but I’ll leave that for someone else to p&m over.
Well, why not go with the VHV route?
Just going to 750kV(like Quebec) would actually lower losses nicely, while 1000kV transmission would just be icing on the cake.