Put Democrats in control and this is what you get. People in the United States need to wake up and see where Democrats are leading us. I watched the riots last night with both anger and sadness as people in Democrat controlled cities thought it was their right to burn and steal the property of others. And what did the administrations do? Fail to adequately address the situation and make excuses for rioters, in essence pandering for their future votes.
When you start to make economic decisions to serve political ends you put yourself on the road to poverty.
Done on a small scale, building by building, it can make sense both ways in the long run.
But to make economic sense, it would require individuals to learn plumbing electricity, and some electronics.
I have been converting our house and mobile equipment to solar slowly for years.
For over 30 years we have heated all of our hot water in all but 3 to 4 months in the winter with solar, maybe 50% or so in the winter, with some house heating on sunny days.
It paid for itself in 3 months and has saved us $40,000 to $50,000 or perhaps more over that time.
I bought used collectors and did all of the work myself.
Buying new and paying a professional, it would have taken a lot longer to pay for itself.
This winter, added a 3KW pure sine inverter, and have been running 560 watts through 4 deep cycle batteries into it, taking a few things off grid.
It is NOT cost effective or reliable due to few hours of sun.
However, those panels are mounted on our Unimogs and Excursion, keeping their batteries up, which has paid off in not having to bother with trickle chargers and the batteries being properly maintained.
It's handy to take your power with you for ham radio equipment, induction cookers, Engel fridge/freezers, lighting, etc.
I wish people would focus on heating water with solar rather than generating electricity.
If everyone who uses electric hot water heaters, and had a way to do solar would make the switch, it would save a huge amount of electricity, be cost effective, and good for the environment as no exotic materials are required.
However, with few Americans having the skills or motivation, it's not going to happen.
The Democrat majority that vote for wind and solar projects always select sites in Republican majority areas to build their monstrosities, with zero reserved for decommissioning costs. The local Republicans get neither the construction jobs nor any of the "free" electricity, but will inherit the mess left behind. Almost all solar cells and wind turbines are products of the CCP.
If accurate, this is complete insanity. Even if somehow accomplished, it won’t work. The only hope is that within a few years the people of Virginia will revolt and overthrow everyone involved, before the devastation is irreparable.
The real tsunami is the coming American pension shortfall. Democrats know this but want to bankrupt the system anyhow. They are closer to the ChiCom Revolutionaries than Americans.
Seems to me that the state might also one day be able to announce “net zero energy effiency/sufficiency” if they proceed with this harebrained scheme. Haven’t these people (starting with their governor) learned anything yet about energy efficiency & sufficiency? I guess if you are setting out to ruin a state’s growth this might be a good place to start. At least they are apparently planning to keep their nuclear facilities. Good. They are going to need them. Maybe, if they are lucky, this will only mean badly overpriced electricity as far as the eye can see. If they choose to go ahead with this, it is my hope that other states planning something similar would have the forethought to adopt a wait & see attitude toward this plan.