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'Clean energy' isn't telling the whole story

theblaze.com · 3h · first reportShare

Picture a family with three cars. Mom and Dad both drive to work. The kids need rides to school and practice. The cars cost money, gas, repairs, and insurance, but they start when you turn the key. That is the whole point. Then a salesman shows up with an amazing deal. He has a solar-powered car and a wind-powered car. No gas needed. The fuel is free. Who wouldn’t want that? They buy both, figuring they will save money and finally dump a couple of the old cars. Regular people do not need politicians picking their power plants for them. Then reality shows up. The solar car runs when the sun is out. The wind car runs when the wind is blowing. Dad still leaves at 7:30 on dark winter mornings. Mom still has to pick up a kid at five o'clock when the air is dead calm. Families go where they need to go, not when the weather cooperates. So they keep all three reliable cars. Now they own five. Five cars do not fit in the driveway. So they pour more concrete and build a bigger garage. Someone su