Originally Posted by
qball
You need to look in some science journals. Photo volteaic solar roof panels for instance. As soon as it becomes profitable and cost effective for these types of things, they will become common place. But every new technology can have deleterious side effects (wind turbines are the perfect example and it is old technology). All these things will have minimal effect if the world population continues to grow at the current pace.
You can not walk across this planet without leaving a footprint no matter how lightly you try to tread.
In other words: let's just give up and keep using the old stuff we know is both finite and highly pollutive because the right people cannot get rich from new technologies.
You also need to ask yourself why major utility companies are lobbying hard against the solar panel industry.