Originally Posted by Hotel Kilo

He's correct. That's why your bestest buddies over in Euro land are now scrambling to construct traditional power generation capabilities - to include nuclear (gasp).

Solar, wind, although it can kinda sorta augment traditional power generation, it's proven over there to be a failure for reliable energy.

Look no more than the Ivanpah Solar plant. It cost over $2.2 billion to build (yeah right, at least 10% went to line some pockets). It made it about a decade and now it's being shuttered. Greenies will tell that it wasn't for the fact it was a colossal failure at power generation and plagued with bugs and glitches, no. They will tell you that the solar technology is "outdated" and needs to be replaced. Yeah sure.

No, it's really the state of California finally realizing that traditional sources of power generation are better (efficiency, cost, reliability). And more reliable. Did I mention that?

We gave you all a chance to prove your green technologies would work. We told you they would not suffice. Yet we had to waste trillions on this stuff (should have been building more nat gas, coal and nuclear plants instead) just to appease your unicorns and rainbows aspirations. Although noble, in some crazy way, it had to go down like this. Nat gas, coal are very clean now (nat gas was always a clean burner). Nuclear is not your father's (maybe grandfathers for some of you) TMI anymore either. You had your fun, now adults are back in charge.

If you want solar and wind, put it on your house.