Dept of Interior Reaffirms Its Commitment to Fully Developing Public Land Green Energy.

[ozyclint]

Vote appropriately or stop complaining about it.

If voting mattered it would be illegal

 

[TaperPin]

Something close to 50 gigawatts of new solar capacity were installed in 2024. Doesn’t sound like it’s withering away if the average coal powered plant produces 1 gigawatt.

 

[Mike D Texas]

Something close to 50 gigawatts of new solar capacity were installed in 2024. Doesn’t sound like it’s withering away if the average coal powered plant produces 1 gigawatt.

How many acres were taken to make said 50gW?

Solar is the most inefficient way to produce power for consumption.

 

[TaperPin]

How many acres were taken to make said 50gW?

Solar is the most inefficient way to produce power for consumption.

Some people confuse efficiency with effectiveness. The solar panels running the exterior lights around our home are effective, so how technically efficient they are is so secondary it’s a non issue.

Some members of our family have had their whole house powered with solar since before solar was cool. It paid for itself a long time ago, and nobody we know would complain about free power, regardless of how efficient.

I see a large solar project spring up next to a cluster of data centers - about the same footprint as a traditional junk yard. I never complained junk yards were taking up too much space, so I could care less if some tech bros want to cut their peak daytime power costs.