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trapqueenkoopa:aspiringwarriorlibrarian:greaseonmymouth:mllemusketeer:inushiek:deniedmysign:scarletgoldenthorn:fridjitzu:did-you-kno:Scientists invented fabric that makes electricity from motion and sunlight. To create the fabric, researchers at Georgia Tech wove together solar cell fibers with materials that generate power from movement. It could be used in “tents, curtains, or wearable garments,” meaning we’d virtually never be without power. SourceY'all are fucking idiots. Clean energy will NEVER be enough to replace the energy we have now. We’d have to tear down DOZENS of forests just to fit enough windmills and solar panels to get even a QUARTER (probably less, tbh) of the energy we can produce now.Yeah, sure, when they’ve already calculated that a few square miles of panels in the empty ass Arizona desert could power the whole nation. But ok, fracking and the diminishing petroleum supply is worlds better.Nevermind that windmills are often most efficient off the coast. There they take up no land, impact no trees, don’t pollute the water, and are conveniently located where winds are often strongest anyway.And solar panels can literally be built into roofs of buildings and in empty areas like deserts. The sun strikes the Earth with the same amount of energy in an hour that our civilization uses in a year. But yeah, it would be impossible for us to ever have enough energy from clean sources.Durr hurr technology is bad and I would rather light shit on fire than have clean energyI can also testify to the Arizona desert being empty ass. And the California desert. And the Nevada desert. also…no forests were cleared to make space for Denmark’s windmills and yet they regularly produce so much power that it covers almost all of the country’s power needs. Oh, and then there’s the times when the windmills generate 140% of Denmark’s power needs. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/10/denmark-wind-windfarm-power-exceed-electricity-demandFriendly reminder that oil pipelines are a scam.The fact that anyone can believe a limited amount of dinosaur oil is more plentiful and efficient than moving air or fucking sunlight is proof that entire populations can be completely brainwashed.Why the fuck would you even NEED to clear forests? Like: the US Midwest is one of the strongest wind corridors on the PLANET(hence tornado alley moniker), and you can build windmills there without having to cut down any trees. Same deal for the Eastern European plain(though idk if the wind strength of that area would be good for wind gen). There are fields of windmills going into the LA metro(as well as high-density agriculture), and I doubt any trees were cut down for that. Even if you HAD to build in a forest for some reason(which: Why?), all you’d need to do is clear enough space to put up the windmill, plus a circle around that to keep vines and such off of it, and you’d be fine. The forest could keep on keeping on between the mills in a sort of polka dot or Swiss cheese fashion. And, added benefit: you could pay folks to maintain the clearance zones; keep small trees and bushes from growing within a certain distance of your windmill and you get a salary for it, paid monthly. -- source link

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