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When hidden expenses are accounted for, it becomes obvious that solar is much more expensive than existing coal, natural gas, and nuclear power plants and that adding more solar will increase electricity prices for the families and businesses that rely upon it.

Not only are solar panels more expensive than the existing natural gas, coal, and nuclear plants but they also provide less value because they don’t provide electricity if the sun isn’t shining, which is most of the time.

“Lake Effects” of Large Solar Photovoltaic Projects

Solar photovoltaic projects consist of hundreds or thousands of solar panels that convert sunlight directly into electricity. Large solar fields such as those that have been built in the last several years in Southern California and the desert Southwest can fool birds into changing flight direction, sometimes during migration, to approach them because they appear to be lakes from a distance.

These two images show the number of Industrial Solar Developments currently Operating, or under construction/development within the USA in 2022 vs 2019.

At this rate of growth, how much farm land will still be available within the USA in the next 5 to 10 years?

Settlements Resolve Clean Water Act Violations at Four Solar Farm Construction Sites in Alabama, Idaho and Illinois

Agreements Reflect Importance of Solar Farm Owners’ Compliance Responsibilities During Construction

Did you know that solar facilities are subsidized to the tune of almost $50,000 per acre? Here is how the math works.

GM Official Bragged About Electric Car, Then Reporter Forced Her to Admit Where Charging Electricity Comes From.

When asked about the source of electricity used to power the car, the GM official responded that it came from the building where she works.  An official with the Lansing Board of Power and Light set the reporter straight. He told him, “It would be charging off our grid, which is about 95 percent coal.”

The dirty truth that electric car makers don't want you to know!

After a marathon Zoning Board meeting that lasted beyond 2 a.m. the concerned residents scored a victory as the board was unable to approve proposals from Cranston-based Green Development to build five new solar fields in residential western Johnston neighborhoods.

The neighbors — through their lawyer and their own experts — made a persuasive argument. And for now, it seems a proposal for five new solar farms in Johnston has been defeated.

When they’re not bursting into toxic fireballs, the contribution made by giant lithium-ion batteries remains utterly trivial. They are, after all, electricity storage devices and don’t add a lick to electricity generation capacity, anywhere.

The cost of battery storage is out of all proportion to the benefits returned.

No one talked about electricity storage when we allowed nuclear, coal-fired and gas-fired plants to deliver power, 24/7.