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It's a perfect example of propaganda. The statement is true and factual but it is cleverly worded. Here it is again, try to figure out what's wrong with the statement " Almost half of new electricity generation is now clean and green". That's right, it talks about NEW electrical energy. It makes no claim about how much "clean and green" electricity generation adds to the grid. The clever wording leads you to assume that half of the electricity generated is renewable and that's what they want you to believe. The dirty little secret is that unsightly expensive solar junk and windmills still add little to the grid. It's all smoke and mirrors and we still rely on 90% old fossil fuel, nuclear energy or hydroelectric.
It's a perfect example of propaganda. The statement is true and factual but it is cleverly worded. Here it is again, try to figure out what's wrong with the statement " Almost half of new electricity generation is now clean and green". That's right, it talks about NEW electrical energy. It makes no claim about how much "clean and green" electricity generation adds to the grid. The clever wording leads you to assume that half of the electricity generated is renewable and that's what they want you to believe. The dirty little secret is that unsightly expensive solar junk and windmills still add little to the grid. It's all smoke and mirrors and we still rely on 90% old fossil fuel, nuclear energy or hydroelectric.
There isn't any propaganda in the statement. It is a statement of fact. That you cannot read with clarity of thought is your problem. It isn't 'clever' wording: it is straightforward wording. As well, windmills are far from unsightly.
Solar windmills dotting a hillside are quite impressive; I've driven past many in various parts of the world. Solar energy is the most intelligent way to generate power.
Almost half of new electricity is now clean and green - environment - 07 April 2014 - New Scientist
That's a lot of clean power. Almost half of new electricity generation is now renewable, and the costs of wind and solar power are falling sharply. It "should give governments confidence to forge a robust climate agreement" next year, says Achim Steiner, director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Still have a long way to go, though.
The latest annual Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment, published today
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Solar Power Continues Explosive Growth
Solar Power Continues Explosive Growth
Added by Dale Davidson on March 9, 2014.
Saved under Dale Davidson, Earth, Technology, U.S.
Tags: solar
The use of solar power as an alternative energy source is growing at an explosive rate, according to recently released industry reports. In the US, the growth was recorded at more that 40 percent from the previous year, with the total energy generated, exceeding 12,000 mw, while global capacity of energy from photovoltaics exceeds 100 gigawatts. The explosive growth rates, make solar power the fastest growing form of alternate energy, moving it ahead of other energy sources such as wind, nuclear, coal and gas.
The figures complied by the Industry Association, and GTM Research indicates that solar may have become a viable alternate that can be adopted for everyday use. There is now enough capacity in the US to power almost 2.5 million homes, with there is huge potential for the addition of even more capacity, as a tipping point has been reached. The president of the Solar Energy Industry Energy Association, Rhone Resch says that in the past 18 months, more solar installations were completed, that there were in the previous three decades.
The majority of the installations were large projects, while 17 percent were installed in residences. California leads the country, with more than 50 percent of all the new capacity, succeeded by Arizona, and North Carolina, and together the three states, with New Jersey and Massachusetts account for more than 80 percent of all the new capacity. The majority of installations in the Southwest made use of large mirrors known as heliostats that redirected the energy from the sun to a central generating station.
There no way half our energy is green. That is the most ridiculous thing I've read today.
I agree, if that is what it actually said, that would be ridiculous. Perhaps you should re-read it before you post (just to make sure you read it right).
False Marketing practices. If Big Oil did this -- there would be calls for perp walking suits into
court..
It's a perfect example of propaganda. The statement is true and factual but it is cleverly worded. Here it is again, try to figure out what's wrong with the statement " Almost half of new electricity generation is now clean and green". That's right, it talks about NEW electrical energy. It makes no claim about how much "clean and green" electricity generation adds to the grid. The clever wording leads you to assume that half of the electricity generated is renewable and that's what they want you to believe. The dirty little secret is that unsightly expensive solar junk and windmills still add little to the grid. It's all smoke and mirrors and we still rely on 90% old fossil fuel, nuclear energy or hydroelectric.
There isn't any propaganda in the statement. It is a statement of fact. That you cannot read with clarity of thought is your problem. It isn't 'clever' wording: it is straightforward wording. As well, windmills are far from unsightly.
Solar windmills dotting a hillside are quite impressive; I've driven past many in various parts of the world. Solar energy is the most intelligent way to generate power.
Almost half of new electricity is now clean and green - environment - 07 April 2014 - New Scientist
That's a lot of clean power. Almost half of new electricity generation is now renewable, and the costs of wind and solar power are falling sharply. It "should give governments confidence to forge a robust climate agreement" next year, says Achim Steiner, director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Still have a long way to go, though.
1. Your post contains a link to a press release, not fact.
2. the press release linked to links to their source, which is a broken link
Almost half of new electricity is now clean and green - environment - 07 April 2014 - New Scientist
The latest annual Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment, published today
I followed the link;
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Now, orogenicman dares ridicule me and refuses to followup and provide some facts when I question this OP.
orogenicman states its from newscientist.com like because the word "scientist" is suppose to be the word of fact. Well it does not take a Scientist to recognize that an article with broken links means that these so called "scientist" are not scientific at all, Quality Control, Quality Assurance is ignored in the article yet I am to "Believe" because orogenicman has quoted "scientists".
So orogenicman, how about supporting your opinion with a fact, not some crappy website that does not realize their own link is broke.
care to play more dodge ball, "deary"
Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2014 | FS UNEP Centre
According to Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2014 – produced by the Frankfurt School-UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Bloomberg New Energy Finance — the investment drop of $US35.1 billion was partly due to the falling cost of solar photovoltaic systems. The other main cause was policy uncertainty in many countries, an issue that also depressed investment in fossil fuel generation in 2013. Download the entire Report here.
When the price of "green" electricity gets to where it needs to be for non-subsidized use then there'll be much less need. First because people will no longer be able to afford to buy it. Second because clever enough people will have bought their own generators. Some would run on "clean" natural gas but others? Diesel or gasoline.
When the price of "green" electricity gets to where it needs to be for non-subsidized use then there'll be much less need. First because people will no longer be able to afford to buy it. Second because clever enough people will have bought their own generators. Some would run on "clean" natural gas but others? Diesel or gasoline.
LOL. Solar is cost effective now for a household on a five year basis in areas where the electricity more expensive.
Heavy industry needs affordable power to remain competitive on the world market.......something the AGW idiots don't understand.
