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Unless you manufacture it locally, with a fully local supply chain, wind and solar are still susceptible to world events.
by hihitsdumb 7mo ago
Unless you manufacture it locally, with a fully local supply chain, wind and solar are still susceptible to world events.
- triceratops 7mo agoIs someone turning off the wind and sun? Once the infrastructure is installed it produces energy for years. Solar panels aren't burned to make energy, like oil or gas are. And you can recycle them.
- t0bia_s 7mo agoYou need tons of oil to lubricate wind turbines.
- triceratops 7mo agoSure you do. You need more oil to lubricate wind turbines than you do for gasoline, diesel, engine oil, transmission fluid, brake fluid...totally believable. And coal and natural gas turbines don't need any lubrication whatsoever.