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Solar Energy Now Creates More Jobs in America Than Any Other Industry

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[h=1]Solar Energy Now Creates More Jobs in America Than Any Other Industry[/h]
[FONT=&quot]Solar energy isn't just a tool to reduce emissions and help slow climate change – it's a job creator.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]According to the most recent National Solar Jobs Census published by The Solar Foundation, the industry creates more jobs than any other sector in the US.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]The President has recently slammed a 30 percent tariff on imported solar cells, as part of its plans to hamper the renewable sector and make space for fossil fuels.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Although the new measure is expected to cripple the solar sector, according to experts coal jobs are not coming back.[/FONT]

There probably won't be much of a market for video tape either.
 
Wait... "The Solar Foundation" says Solar Energy creates more jobs than any other industry. I sense nothing but absolute unbiased opinion.

(That said, I still hope it is at least somewhat true.)
 
Today in Davos, trump was talking with folks from Siemens and they were telling him about new high efficiency gas turbines being developed in the US. He said that was great. Does he know that technology is helping to kill coal jobs? Probably not.

On the other hand, there is the potential of having solid state fuel cells that used gassified carbon as a fuel source that could have the potential of bringing coal back. If the fuel cell is designed correctly , it would be a perfect mechanism for CO2 capture (the coal would form CO2).. which would have implications in manufacturing too. that would be at least 10 to 15 years down the road at the earliest..and I suspect other energy production methods will be in place before it's technically feasible.
 
[h=1]Solar Energy Now Creates More Jobs in America Than Any Other Industry[/h]




There probably won't be much of a market for video tape either.

https://www.wholesalesolar.com/solar-information/state-solar-incentives

Lets see - a heavily government subsidized industry is making large strides in obtaining market share. Go figure - lower direct prices to the consumer make a product more economically viable and subsequently increase sales.

Hide the direct costs behind taxation, then claim the product is now sliced bread. I say let the product stand on its own, or wither on the vine.

Before you start - I want any oil subsidies to go the way of the Dodo as well.
 
Today in Davos, trump was talking with folks from Siemens and they were telling him about new high efficiency gas turbines being developed in the US. He said that was great. Does he know that technology is helping to kill coal jobs? Probably not.

You do realize that Gas is a fossil fuel, don't you?

Of course, tracing the origins of all terrestrial fuels back back to their origins, they are all solar fuels.
 
https://www.wholesalesolar.com/solar-information/state-solar-incentives

Lets see - a heavily government subsidized industry is making large strides in obtaining market share. Go figure - lower direct prices to the consumer make a product more economically viable and subsequently increase sales.

Hide the direct costs behind taxation, then claim the product is now sliced bread. I say let the product stand on its own, or wither on the vine.

Before you start - I want any oil subsidies to go the way of the Dodo as well.

Yes, by all means, let's end subsidies.
As long as there are well heeled lobbyists in Washington, subsidies will be a part of the budget.
 
On the other hand, there is the potential of having solid state fuel cells that used gassified carbon as a fuel source that could have the potential of bringing coal back. If the fuel cell is designed correctly , it would be a perfect mechanism for CO2 capture (the coal would form CO2).. which would have implications in manufacturing too. that would be at least 10 to 15 years down the road at the earliest..and I suspect other energy production methods will be in place before it's technically feasible.

Fuel cells do pose great potential. The problem so far seems to be the amount of energy required to fuel the fuel cell. Like several other technologies, we are close, but not quite there. Electrical storage, other than batteries, is close and then the holy grail is low temp super conductors.
 
Fuel cells do pose great potential. The problem so far seems to be the amount of energy required to fuel the fuel cell. Like several other technologies, we are close, but not quite there. Electrical storage, other than batteries, is close and then the holy grail is low temp super conductors.

Well.. the solid state fuels cells are getting close , with the ability to run a lower temperatures. There is also the discovery of catalysts that are not as expensive as platinum that allow the electrolosys of water , with one companies pursing using that discovery to have solar panels power the electrolysis of water into oxygen and hydrogen. Their first generation model is suppose to be ready for 3rd party testing sometime this year (the goal is to make it so it's about $4.90 per kg, and they are projecting their gen 2 model, (which they are working on) will bring that down to 2.90 per kilogram. I don't think the gen 2 will be ready this year, but if they get the gen 2 model rolled out in the next couple of years, that will make the coal fuel cell concept obsolete.
 
Well.. the solid state fuels cells are getting close , with the ability to run a lower temperatures. There is also the discovery of catalysts that are not as expensive as platinum that allow the electrolosys of water , with one companies pursing using that discovery to have solar panels power the electrolysis of water into oxygen and hydrogen. Their first generation model is suppose to be ready for 3rd party testing sometime this year (the goal is to make it so it's about $4.90 per kg, and they are projecting their gen 2 model, (which they are working on) will bring that down to 2.90 per kilogram. I don't think the gen 2 will be ready this year, but if they get the gen 2 model rolled out in the next couple of years, that will make the coal fuel cell concept obsolete.

And like the digital revolution of the 90's, if we are the ones to get it first, we can have another similar financial boom.
 
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