you'd think so - but that is where it gets tortuous - the argument FOR wind and solar is that they are no subject to international markets (at least, once installed)... but the issue is that not all enegy is equal...
The supply chain works so well that for most people, power is assumed to be "dispatchable" - i.e., my stuff always works when I plug it in, so they think about all energy through that lens and focus on price (everyone gets a power bill).
I'll go to bat for solar a bit here in that it definitely has a place in the Philippines (where I live). Relative lack of local gas/crude/coal reserves and a year-round need for electrical cooling via air conditioners creates a load that naturally matches solar's midday duck curve. No winters means you always need fans/aircons running.
Ok I read this, yes excellent. I genuinely never understand why the importance of energy - as you say, energy IS the economy, is not understood by more people. Surplus energy is the basis of our civilization.
surplus energy is wealth - and as John Constable has noted - liberty doesn't create wealth, wealth (from surplus energy) creates liberty and freedom (I'm paraphrasing badly).... otherwise we'd all be landless peasants
Having your own energy is usually such a good idea that the case is self-evident.
you'd think so - but that is where it gets tortuous - the argument FOR wind and solar is that they are no subject to international markets (at least, once installed)... but the issue is that not all enegy is equal...
The supply chain works so well that for most people, power is assumed to be "dispatchable" - i.e., my stuff always works when I plug it in, so they think about all energy through that lens and focus on price (everyone gets a power bill).
I'll go to bat for solar a bit here in that it definitely has a place in the Philippines (where I live). Relative lack of local gas/crude/coal reserves and a year-round need for electrical cooling via air conditioners creates a load that naturally matches solar's midday duck curve. No winters means you always need fans/aircons running.
Ok I read this, yes excellent. I genuinely never understand why the importance of energy - as you say, energy IS the economy, is not understood by more people. Surplus energy is the basis of our civilization.
surplus energy is wealth - and as John Constable has noted - liberty doesn't create wealth, wealth (from surplus energy) creates liberty and freedom (I'm paraphrasing badly).... otherwise we'd all be landless peasants
I will digest this in detail later, but overall, of course its great.