Solar and wind farms also need 100 times the land area of fossil fuel-generated electricity, and these resulting changes in land use can have a devastating effect on biodiversity. The effects of bioenergy on biodiversity are worse, and the increased…
The blame game and the debate about how exactly to cope with reliability in a heavily renewable power grid highlight the fact that meeting clean energy goals and reducing emissions should be made only after careful planning on how to…
Clean energy’s dirty secret is that such subsidies benefit the wealthy. First, most of the tax credits actually go to the companies that finance the expensive installations, including investment bankers, hedge fund operators, and the solar companies themselves. Greg Walcher…
About 98% of the combined industrial, commercial, residential and transportation sectors energy needs are supplied by non-renewable energy resources. Watts Up With That? Larry Hamlin, Guest Essay EIA data shows wind & solar met 3% of U.S. energy after $50…