If renewable energy / energy storage worked, it would have taken over the energy industry by now much in the manner cell phones destroyed the Ma-Bell land lines most of us grew up with and assumed would be around forever.

It does work, there's not denying that. The problem is - big oil (big 'any' fossil fuel).  The power they have over the public opinion is obvious - look at the opposition from folks like you.

All the energy this planet would/could ever need is from the Sun.  The problem is capturing it.  Had we put half the effort we did into new drilling technology, new mining technology, etc., we'd be living in a solar world.

Greed is the main reason that it's been held back.  For an interesting insight, take a look at the documentary "Who Killed the Electric Car?"


Some technology will be developed that transforms energy use in the future but its not here yet and forcing changed with exaggerated temperature predictions isn't helping. The problem now is we've got an entire industry built around a false premise and breaking that spell (the point of this thread) is hard because the prosperity and careers of so many are dependent upon it.

Imagine if you came up with a full proof method of nuclear fuel rod storage or disposal which would open the door for thousands of coal plants to be replaced with nuclear plants. Think about how hard it would be to basically eliminate two industries, coal production and the climate change industry?

Climate change is not an industry - that's a fox news ploy.  As to the coal industry, yeah, that's the problem I mention above.  Those who have gotten rich on it have been fighting renewables for forever.

It's different than cell phones because they sold directly to consumers and were made overseas mostly. For energy, we have a couple middle men to go, governments and distribution companies. They are able to use regulations to insulate themselves.

Yeah, money in politics helps that process.  Quid pro quo/legalized bribery.

Remember how "landline" companies struggled with all the long distance plans as a way to avoid losing business to cell phones? It took a while but the public basically decided the fate of that industry and dragged AT&T into the cell phone world. The technology and life changing benefits were to great. Momentum was too strong.

It took the break up of the monopoly.  Otherwise, we might have just one cell carrier in this country.  As it is, we only have 4 - and they all have the same basic service.  Still not great.

"Climate change" momentum is fake, it's driven by questionable science so it requires those governmental middlemen to maintain it.

 "Potentially detrimental Man-influenced global climate differentiations" takes longer to say then Global Warming or Climate Change.

 I don't think Solar can fuel the entire planet even if we had dumped every spare dime into developing its technology since its inception.  The propulsion needed to launch a rocket into the atmosphere, where we get the most valuable information about solar energy, would not have happened yet if we were exclusively solar.

This is true, however, advances in solar could have powered every vehicle, manufacturing process, etc.  Fossil fuel is simply easier.

 When a lot of these documentaries or analysts tell us where we could be if Big Oil wasn't in the way, they leave in the benefits of fossil fuels in the Industrial Revolution and the huge airline growth in the 60's.  Look at the weight and tech in those years, there's no way we were going to power cargo planes by solar in 1965, even if we were offering infinite funding and research.