Do you know how many solar cells it takes to charge a Tesla.

Tell that to Africa

In the best of conditions.

oh lord

the making of the solar panels uses more energy than they create often, from what ive read

All of these things sound great until you actually start crunching numbers, then it not so much

Exactly... They don't even return the energy input.

So it's a total loser.

Why are we forgetting nuclear

How well the solar cells work in North Dakota in the winter?

Oh man... Please tell me this is a setup for a Trump v Palin showdown in 2024:
https://twitter.com/DJJudd/status/1337422964531339264

Because nuclear takes more energy to build the reactor than you ever get out of it.

Innovation is always possible with smart teams on the cutting edge. Unfortunately these billionaires are just rolling congress...for what??

Yeah these aren't profitable ventures unless heavily subsidized...

nuclear is a time bomb waiting to go off, look at fukushima.. or think of the waste it creates for generations, better tech can solve alot but its a hell of a way to boil water

Without the subsidy they make no financial sense.

That to..

@busillis who said this would be private

What.

Nuclear is safe

Are you guys aware of what happened during the Carrington event?

Why subsidized? The 0.1%ers can certainly afford the risk.

Don’t build you plants near oceans or fault lines

Has the Carrington event happened now likely many of nuclear reactors in the affected area would melt down.

safe unless you live next to it, look what happened in Japan, the plants need aux power to even be safe, as i said hell of a way to boil water

Old building 1967 @busillis

theres floods, earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, fires, asteroids, emp's, many reasons nuclear is not safe

We have come far in terms of safety

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event

You can remove EMPs from that list.

let alone creating toxic waste to hang around for generations, again, hell of a way to boil water

The solar flare set telegraph wires on fire.

a solar flare can cause an emp

Difference between criminal law and military law 2 min video https://twitter.com/re5igam/status/1337634682272288768?s=12

90% of the population would likely be dead within the month.

#spaceforce ha!

CA will be fine... .We are leading the way with efforts to get solar panels on every roof in the future. Panel efficiency has been increasing steadily. Energy ROI is less than 5 years now - used to be 20+ years. It keeps getting batter and better. Could be less than 1 year in the next 2-3 generations.

Being in space would probably be a very bad place to be.

The sun is a risk that will always be @busillis

its not even an if, its a when it happens, same with asteroids or comets

True story...