The False Promises of Solar Energy

Someone once said that “Anything is possible if you don’t know what you are talking about”. Discussions of energy in general and several types of “alternative energy” in particular are filled with the lack of the basics of energy. Throw in concepts of energy density and “dispatchability” and its get more complicated.

The Laws of Thermodynamics, of Heat Transfer, and the equations for both kinetic and potential energy apply to most discussions of energy and impose immutable constraints on all energy supply systems.

Hawaii Reporter