So the opposition says we need baseload power? That only nuclear or coal power plants can provide? Actually renewables do provide baseload now. Thanks to concentraing solar furnaces that store heat as molten salt for 24/7 power generation from turbines. These can be mounted on factories to proviode process heat and baseload power for the grid, with cogeneration efficiency. Making factories net energy grid electric producers, rather than consumers.   more »

The old "energy density" talking point against renewables repeated once again? Yep. This one is easy to overcome. Renewables and conservation need not use up signifigant land areas. Nuclear does. The operation, mining, processing, transport, waste storage all put land at risk of long term contamination, groundwater and surface water too. The land used has to be restricted for centuries from human use.   more »