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Stop worshipping the sun: Biden’s solar power enthusiasm is unmoored from reality
"Hyping solar energy is one of Washington, D.C.’s most renewable resources. Back in 1979, President Jimmy Carter declared the U.S. needed to capture more energy from the sun because of 'inevitable shortages of fossil fuels.'
Last week, President Biden released a plan that claims the U.S. should be getting nearly half of its electricity from solar by 2050, up from 3% today, because — contrary to what Carter said back in 1979 about shortages of fossil fuels — we are using too much coal, oil and natural gas and because climate change poses 'an existential threat to our lives.'
But Biden’s plan ignores history, land-use conflicts and the need to preserve and expand our use of nuclear energy."
Stop worshipping the sun: Biden’s solar power enthusiasm is unmoored from reality
Hyping solar energy is one of Washington, D.C.’s most renewable resources. Back in 1979, President Jimmy Carter declared the U.S. needed to capture more energy from the sun because of “inevitable shortages of fossil fuels.”
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