The price of trying to go green.

[BrucePartington]

Originally Posted by Wolferz

I concur on all points and will only add that the great western industrialized nations have been hornswoggled into giving up to China that which made us great and they used or are using government subsidies to finance it. Win win for the corporations and lose lose for the rest of us.
Now let's see what grows after they finish plowing us under. I fear that the seeds of greed will only bear the fruits of anarchy on a near global scale.

Amen to that.

I'd go even further as to say I think the real solution in the long run is for humans to start having less children, try to gradually reduce global population. Actually this is cyclically imposed on the world population, in the worst possible fashion, and "green" is the first thing to go out the window.
If there were only half of us, the pollution problem would be easier to deal with, along with other issues, such as mass unemployment world wide, and possible shortage of drinking water and food for our descendants.
The planet is finite, we cannot keep on multiplying forever. We have not yet developed 'warp drive' to enable us to....."spread to another area".

BTW, I do have a solar panel on my roof, made in Germany. And I've figured out how to recover and extend battery life. Main use of stored energy is for lighting indoors (12v LED's in all rooms), and power my laptop. I have not invested in a total independent system due to considering relocating.
I have also been toying with a brushless motor for conversion to a windmill.
Where I live, if PV production capacity is less than a Kwh, they leave you alone. Same for windmills less than 6 meters (18 ft) high.