Originally Posted by
beardy
It depends on where you consider the boundaries of the system, wallet, house, town, etc.. up to global. The utility lies in saving the climate, the cost may be high but economically justified if it preserves mankind. Yes there well may be dumb mistakes along the way, but that shouldn't stop the effort.
Never said we shouldn’t make an effort.
It just should be rational.
Where I live people are installing solar panels that will have a capacity factor of 15% if they are lucky.
Because of a feed in tariff , which the Government is being forced to reduce by economic reality , and Government subsidy.
Because its popular.
But also dumb and expensive.
That might work for a while in wealthy first world countries but its not the future.