The Dangers of a Cashless Society.

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Jints said:

Carter said:

Broadly I agree 

BUT 

Why doesn't every single newbuild home have solar panels installed by default? Why hasn't every open car park been covered with them? Roofs of high rises, factories? It should be in these places as opposed to arable farm fields 

How much coal is needed to keep the grid on when solar and wind turbines don't generate energy when it isnt sunny or windy 

The methods of burning coal now under pressure to generate energy are so efficient leaving a by product of bicarbonate of soda only, almost zero carbon emissions. We are also sitting on a massive supply of it. Coal steps in when it stops blowing or sunning 

Fusion energy (nuclear) limitless, efficient and cheap. Also brings loads of jobs, clean energy 

I think we should be embracing renewable energy but not the way successive governments have done it l. Especially not when the government's are very much "do as we say, not as we do" regarding a carbon footprint 

40% of new builds do and as ME14 said it will be obligatory for almost all soon.  Using houses for  and car parks for generation helps but couldn't produce nearly as much as solar farms in fields (it would get close if very single existing property had to install solar panels but the costs would be absolutely astronomical). 

We hardly use coal at all for electricity generation any more. 0.6% in 2024. It's completely untrue that you can burn coal at almost zero emissions. Clean coal relies on carbon capture and storage to secure net zero. 

Electricity generation through nuclear fusion isn't possible and won't be viable for ages. The joke is that nuclear fusion is just 20 years away and always has been (people have been saying 20 years since the 1970s).

How about Hydrogen? Apparently it’s made from water.