Saturday, May 12, 2012

Biden to Students: You'll See 'Solar Energy as Cheap as Gas--Uh, Coal, Excuse Me, as Coal'

CNSNews.com

Comment:

Factually incorrect.  It can never be as cheap as fossil.  Never.  What Biden may be attempting to claim is that it may be possible to make it produce on a cost basis about the same as fossil fuels.  But what is overlooked is its availability.  The wind does not always blow, the sun doesn't always shine.  In order to accomplish what Biden is claiming, the price for these must be considerably less than fossil fuels, because you need more installations to make up for the times the wind doesn't blow or the sun doesn't shine.

Biden addressed young people.  Unfortunately for young people, as I was once myself, is that the lack of experience makes one a bit more susceptible to manipulation, especially political manipulation.  Once you've been around the block a few times, these things don't work as well as they once did.  That's why Democrats need young people.  Easier to fool.

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