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Maybe. But anecdotally, while driving around Phoenix last year and Honolulu

a couple of years ago, I noticed that a very small number of buildings and houses have solar panels. In cities like that, it should be damned near 100%. In fact, it should be an absolute requirement for all new construction. No new land needed for that. It's just an example. How about building roads that soak up sunlight, too? Now, for wind there is plenty of empty space for those things. There's been a huge wind farm outside of Palm Springs for the last 25 years. Yeah, you need to be concerned about environmental impacts, just like any other construction. We're now decommissioning coal facilities. How about building a few nuclear plants in those locations?

There are always options.

(In response to this post by Tuckahokie)

Posted: 03/07/2019 at 3:36PM

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