High tech solutions with deep supply chains take a lot of en...

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  "content": "High tech solutions with deep supply chains take a lot of energy, minerals, and other resources to create, particularly if you look at the entire chain along with negative externalities. The more complex they are, the more dependencies, the more they break, and the higher the maintenance cost. Plus, most high tech requires a *global* supply chain. Look at marine traffic, for instance, or consider fossil fuel feedstock flow.\n\nI owned/ran/authored solarpower dot org from 1997 to when I sold it in 2009.  I've looked at this quite a bit over the years. I still have parts of the PV system that I built and documented at the time. The PV panel is almost 20 years old now, and it still provides power for my workshop lighting and backup 120v.  Since then, PV controllers are cheap, so I don't have my homebrew one anymore.  My point is that I used to have a lot invested in the idea that we could tech our way out of our issues with energy, minerals, and negative externalities associated with modernity.  My experience in an energy transitions group in the early 2010s changed that.\n\nThat all being said, there was a company at one point creating and selling solar power roads. There was even a short section built.  They had changeable lighting for lanes, could provide BEV charging... all that fun stuff.  Frankly, at this point, I don't even waste time searching/keeping up on that kind of tech, so I have no idea where they are on that now, but I imagine it was a failure (Because above).\n\nHere is a 2001 article for solarpower org for grins:\n\nhttps://orng.org/#art138\n\nI forgot I stuck part of it in a tin Ponderosa cup until just now.\n \nThat is my *firm* opinion. Nobody is going to change my mind at this point. I'll look at the results (amount of oil consumed, negative externalities, system health) vs. somebodies stance/opinion or reams of numbers that are sliced and dice to show that BEVs are awesome.  I hope I'm wrong! Seriously. This is also why I focus on things that can be used post-collapse, after many such events.",
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