So how many solar panels will it take to get a Boeing 747 or Airbus 380 off the ground?
Irrelevant comment is irrelevant and clearly serves only to distract the reader from the true nature of the crisis.
Regardless, Jets can fly on completely alternative fuel
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/ar...hol-as-potential-jet-fuel-replacement-368555/
How many windmills will it take to power a city the size of Los Angeles?
A very large amount. Why? Should we not build them because we need a lot of power for a very large city?
Perhaps it is even more imperative in Los Angeles, a city known for it's smog.
However, to illustrate the stupidity of your question, allow me to introduce you to the concept of baseload;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_load_power_plant
Now, assuming you comprehend the theory of baseload, you will know that no amount of windmills could provide consistent power for a city of any size...however they can be used to offset
as much as 80% of fossil fuel generated power.
The good news though is that many forms of alternative fuel, such as hydropower, nuclear, and solar-thermal (with storage) can be used for baseload. A good example is seen here;
http://cleantechnica.com/2013/04/04/crescent-dunes-solar-thermal-plant-passes-another-milestone/
While Liberal America celebrates such eyesores as the solution to all of our problems, we ignore the most productive power in the world and shut down nuclear plants based on emotional hysterics. We ignore the massive reserves of natural gas to provide massive subsidies to corn growers to inefficiently produce ethanol.
Please cite examples of nuclear power plants which have been shut down due to hysterics. I might add, as an engineer with several friends in the nuclear industry, there are some plants which SHOULD be shut down.
Next, show where we are "ignoring the massive reserves of natural gas". The stupidity of this statement alone is the main reason I dismissed you in the first place. In fact nothing could be further from the truth. We are in fact exploiting natural gas fields at a near exponential rate. If you must know just to what extent this has progressed, some nuclear plants are being considered for shuttering because they can't compete with the low rates of nat gas power stations. (every watt sold on the grid is sold by competitive bid contract, with the exception of net-meter production, which is legislatively limited to a very small percentage.) Mmmkay, moron?
I'm all for using up the reserves in the ME over our own. But until we find a viable alternative to carbon based fuels and nuclear energy, all the well intended emotional harping about "clean" energy won't get that Boeing 747 off the ground or fuel that 12 wheeler that brings food to your table.
Thankyou for admitting you are in favor of continuing to support countries which use our dollars to fund terrorists, as well as contributing to our trade imbalance. Why do you hate America?
By the way, most proponents of clean energy do not eat food delivered by "12 wheelers" since they believe in eating locally grown produce. You have a lot to learn before casting aspersions
about clean energy. The fact is that the technology exists now, it is the will to use it, and the awareness of it that is lacking (as your retarded post amply proves).
Thankyou for trolling JPP. Would you like fries with that?