On Saturday, July 18, 2020 at 12:08:02 PM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Jul 2020 14:41:44 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
> > wrote:
>
> >On Saturday, July 18, 2020 at 9:12:46 AM UTC-10, jay wrote:
>
> >> I see acres of solar arrays in areas that I travel. They are NOT a
> >> thing of the future. Guarantee you they are not only powering small
> >> calculators and toothbrushes. Same for wind turbines. You may not see
> >> many around your house though. Transmission lines have been here on this
> >> earth for a long time and they can transmit energy regardless of source
> >> of such energy.
> >
> >I don't know how things are on the mainland, but solar panels are pretty much a thing of the present on this rock where electricity is about 35 cents/kWh.
>
> That's amazing. Just about everything is more expensive in Australia
> than in the US and, probably, Europe. But our kWh price is quite a bit
> lower than yours. Solar panels all the way in Hawaii.

We no more any natural resources. All we got is sun and soil and water. That's it.