What? No vampires in the early 50's?
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That decade was reserved for giant mutant ants and killer aliens.
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Nice one Pete.
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Where did that come from, UT?
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That data is from 2008. In 2010, PV generated about 2% of the total power mix in Germany, and it's still increasing in 2011, though they've reduced the FIT.
Edit: (from: http://www.germanenergyblog.de/?p=5436) 2010* Nuclear 23% Lignite 23% Hard Coal 18% Natural Gas 14% Renewables 17% Heating Oil, Pumped Hydro, Others 5% * rounded estimate On the renewable side, wind power provided 6.2%, biomass 4.7%, hydro power 3.2%, photovoltaics 2% and waste power plants 0.8%. --- Here's US generation by source for 2009. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._source_v2.png |
Creating solar energy is not the problem. Getting it to where it is needed/consumed is.
Part of the solution could be Gov't spending on the transmission of the energy created, no? |
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neat chart, but You could fit about 85.5 Cubas in the US.
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...and there's no fracking with solar
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Tax on gas guzzlers
I did not know EPA and IRS administer a program to tax gas guzzlers.
In 2010 there were only 2 Ford- and 4 GM-models on the list. The others seem to be the more expensive (heavy) foreign cars. At first it made me feel a bit happier to realize the wealthy were paying for something I don't/won't/can't buy for my family. Then I got to thinking... Why are these gas-guzzlers getting away with a one-time tax ? At the worst 12.5 mpg, the $7,700 tax is equivalent to about 2000 gal of wasted gas to drive 25,000 miles (~ 2 years). Wouldn't it be more rational if this same tax was applied annually... half to pay for the wasted gas, and half as a penalty polluting the air around me. |
Well, there are state and federal taxes on gasoline, so they are paying a penalty for the extra gas they use.
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