Solar Power: Too Good to Be True

From Jay Lehr of The Heartland Institute:

There is an old adage that if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. That adage is especially applicable to solar energy.

For decades, there have been delirious proclamations that the world would soon run on solar energy. Those statements always have sounded too good to be true ... and, sure enough, they always have been false.

In the famous “Peanuts” comic strip, each year Lucy promised to hold a football so Charlie Brown could do a placekick. Each year as Charlie Brown charged the ball, Lucy pulled it away at the last moment, and Charlie Brown landed on his back. Likewise, each year solar promoters with no serious scientific credentials tell us solar energy is the answer to our problems.