Quote Originally Posted by gssixgun View Post
Besides the Stupidity of the Fox news staff,,, does anyone believe that Green Energy ie: Solar and Wind is actually viable or clean ????


I live in an area that many people are what we call "Off the Grid" and have been for quite some time, this is not a new trend up here... What is becoming an issue however is that our Refuse dumps are getting more than double the amount of Lead/Acid batteries then the surrounding areas.. This also must be factored with the information that it costs money to drop a battery at the land fill, which up here means that many of these batteries are more then likely ending up buried in holes on the back sides of people's property.. This will eventually leach lead into the water table

So just how clean is Solar and Wind, I know China and India are already having pollution issues from the increase in "Green" industries, also the renewable aspect is being questioned since the technology relies heavily of Rare Earth Metals (key word Rare)..


Is this just another glass of Koolaid ????
Out of curiosity, are they using lead acid batteries for storage during non-peak or intermittent hours?

Overall though, this kind of hits the nail on the head for what a lot of people miss about green technologies, a great example being hybrid cars. Not just in the disposal of batteries, but also manufacture. I believe that overall going to green technologies is the right path forward, but we have to be very careful in how we report results and technologies to the public to disclose the actual cost, not just monetary. It is still lower as a whole than conventional fuels, all things considered, IMO and based on my own research.