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**Dreqsqse** · 06-07-2010, 08:33 PM

Thinking long-term, the underlying issue is overpopulation. The more people there are, the more energy will be consumed.

EVERYTHING you do consumes energy somewhere, whether that is in getting something to you, dealing with waste, etc. Something as seemingly innocuous as driving with lights on uses more fuel than does driving without them, and the same is true of driving at night versus daytime, as the air is denser, so provides more resistance. You gonna do anything about them?
Anything you do for alternative energy also has its impact on the environment. The huge windmill farm at Altamont Pass in California has created a downwind desert, as the windmills take energy out of the air - energy that would otherwise carry the moisture over the mountains into the valley.
Solar cells placed over the ground MUST have some other, so-far unknown impact upon the earth. Putting them on rooftops, where we have already done the deed, is a good alternative, but there will still be some impact.
Everything we do is a stop-gap measure to buy time; the true solution is population management, so that we stop increasing the overtaxation of all natural resources we are already doing.

06-07-2010, 08:33 PM	#9
Dreqsqse Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 389 Senior Member	Thinking long-term, the underlying issue is overpopulation. The more people there are, the more energy will be consumed. EVERYTHING you do consumes energy somewhere, whether that is in getting something to you, dealing with waste, etc. Something as seemingly innocuous as driving with lights on uses more fuel than does driving without them, and the same is true of driving at night versus daytime, as the air is denser, so provides more resistance. You gonna do anything about them? Anything you do for alternative energy also has its impact on the environment. The huge windmill farm at Altamont Pass in California has created a downwind desert, as the windmills take energy out of the air - energy that would otherwise carry the moisture over the mountains into the valley. Solar cells placed over the ground MUST have some other, so-far unknown impact upon the earth. Putting them on rooftops, where we have already done the deed, is a good alternative, but there will still be some impact. Everything we do is a stop-gap measure to buy time; the true solution is population management, so that we stop increasing the overtaxation of all natural resources we are already doing.
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