Cars Are Destroying Us

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[–]Zombi 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah I always wonder why more research/awareness isn't put into solar. I've heard crazy numbers regarding just how much energy the sun emits worldwide in a single day. It's like we have a free, near unending (not forever, but you get my point) source of energy RIGHT THERE! I know we've made strides, but I feel like it's not in the public's mind.

[–]ikidd 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think the estimate for an installation that would provide enough electricity for the US was 2000 acres of Mojave desert covered in cells, at a cost of about $1trillion, and the distribution and storage was another 1.3trillion, over 10 years.

Which frankly, is probably not a patch on what is spent by the military ensuring access to foreign oil by shooting brown people and propping up genocidal maniacs, and making themselves a target for terrorists.