Solar Surpasses Gas and Wind as Biggest Source of New U.S. Power
What clickbait nonsense and misleading nonsense.<p>Solar accounts for 1.3% of our electric production.<p><a href="https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=427" rel="nofollow">https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=427</a><p>Saying that solar is the biggest source of "new" US Power is like if bill gates picked up a penny from the street and bloomberg saying picking pennies from the street is bill gates' biggest source of "new" wealth.<p>I understand being pro-solar, I am too. But why is HN and much of social media rife with lies and misrepresentations about solar?<p>Reading bloomberg and HN, you'd think solar was a significant contributor to energy and coal was dead. But that's just factually incorrect. And they been lying for years now. But most importantly, it's the scientific lies about energy production and solar that is bothersome. As if solar panels are the answer for coal.<p>Natural gas ( a fossil fuel ) is why coal has leveled off ( not died but leveled off ). Solar had nothing to do with it. And coal is still the biggest source of electricity around the world and the 2nd biggest source in the US.<p>Solar energy is going to be a minor part of the world's energy strategy unless a revolutionary breakthrough happens ( a significant breakthrough on par with cold fusion ). That's a basic fact of current state of physics.<p>So sick of misleading clickbait from media outlets like bloomberg.<p>Edit: If you want a total world view of energy sources.<p><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Bp_world_energy_consumption_2016.gif" rel="nofollow">https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Bp_world...</a>