Comments on: Here Comes The Sun

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:01:00 +0000

Its funny cause the german government just dumped these programs because they were a sink hole and completely unsustainable without total sponsership by the tax payer. Its a pipe dream.

By: Ml Manohar

Ml Manohar — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:56:00 +0000

fantastic presentation all that is required to understand this doc is simple common sense which is i feel these days is becoming un common is that you cant just depend on diminishing resources when you can harness unlimited resource with the technological development we have to day and which is bound to increase as an evolutionary process but i just would like to know the facts about the pollutants that would be produced in making these films do we have any study on that can some one share

By: Albert Lahey

Albert Lahey — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:27:00 +0000

..The market? Please… On a scale of trust… if you trust the mega corporations that manipulate and control the market more than the Government… Then boy do I have a bridge to sell you.

The market needs to be regulated. Even Alan Greenspan woke up out of his Ayn Rand zombie shuffle…and acknowledged this- and the fact that his ideology THAT libertarian ideology was wrong.

The energy market needs tons of regulations, and who better than the Government to tilt the scales a bit in the favor of the common man.

Not saying our system is perfect by any means, but holding such views about Government is a large part as to why it has been so flippin broken for so much time.

Look at what these big banks did… Look at what our apathy to government and our deference and worship of BUSINESS and grotesque wealth has turned us into…

You would trust a wall street banker to be a judge?

Be a teacher?

Keep their promises?

To keep themselves accountable to the people that put them in power?

Of course not…handing over that sort of power to the deranged avarice riddled who are only accounable to themselves, always judge that they are the winners who need more, and would prefer to keep us all far far beneath their sacred feet. Is continuing to press the accelarator on the insanity of the last 30 years…

That madness has to end.

Solar panels on every roof!

By: rhys martell

rhys martell — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 07:24:00 +0000

According to this documentary – you are mistaken…

By: Lukasz Wojtusiak

Lukasz Wojtusiak — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 12:33:00 +0000

To bad that it does not mention the dependency of rare metals for the production of solar panels. not only will it cause a scarcity on a resources that is more limited then oil but it will also stimulate the largest exporter of it, china!

By: Dave Geren

Dave Geren — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 04:42:00 +0000

There is NO commercial power production in the 1st world nations without subsidies, tax breaks, and other “interventions”. Without government intervention, most of the world now powered by electricity simply wouldn’t be. Only big business and the rich would be able to afford the luxury of electrical power without government intervention a hundred years ago until today. No power plants are built without tax dollars and tax breaks. Don’t let the illusion of “cheap” energy fool you. Read the history and the reality of today’s power and you find from small (local power line installation land leased cheap) to the massive (TVA) projects have been, and should be, a partnership between business and government. Anything else leads to gouging, elitism, unreliability, etc. Is it a perfect partnership? Of course not, as nothing humans do is ever, or ever will be, perfect. But don’t throw out the baby with the bath water.

By: Charles Rader

Charles Rader — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 18:44:00 +0000

Your comment would be more meaningful if you put some numbers into it. How much land are we talking about? If one acre in a 1000 acre tract has ground mounted solar panels, is that better or worse for the environment than getting the same energy by burning fossil fuels?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 21:30:00 +0000

Did you not hear the German guy explain that solar needs only a little bit of space? That even a tenth of the built up space covered in solar panels would be enough to power the country? Besides we have plenty of wasteland already and it would not be economical to “remove plants and animals” from land that is not wasteland yet.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 20:35:00 +0000

In the Netherlands the subsidies for coal-based electricity generation far outweigh the subsidies for solar power. A broad coalition recently pleaded for just the creation of a level playing field: cut all green energy subsidies but also all other energy subsidies….. So green energy is about ready to stand on its own two feet without government intervention. (By the way the proposal was rejected by parliament).

By: Lauren Lunstrum

Lauren Lunstrum — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 07:37:00 +0000

This doc fails to mention the devastation that solar projects cause to the environment. When solar projects are developed, the land must be completely cleared of plants and animals, and ultimately become a true wasteland. You may assume that animals will simply adapt to the new environment they are placed in, but this is not the case. Many animals die in the process of being relocated because they are placed in a new habitat that they are not familiar with. Not to mention the environment will take hundreds to thousands of years to rejuvenate.

Seeing fields of solar panels makes me cringe because it is so inefficient to take up that much space. Solar panels should be everywhere BUT undeveloped land. First and foremost, put solar panels on whatever structure there is: warehouse, home, business, etc. If more space is needed, construct vertically, not horizontally! This industry is booming so fast that they are just going to take the easy way out by destroying the environment.

Those of you in the United States who want to make sure solar power is developed with the environment completely in mind, search Solar Done Right and the Desert Protective Council. These groups are making an effort to get solar panels on roofs and developed land.

By: Miles Weston

Miles Weston — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:59:00 +0000

I like the Floyd reference but the idea of burying waste or even sending it into space is one disgusting,two irresponsible and three totally insane.We live in a perfect biodegradable world,why go against the grain?

By: Vladimir Venkov

Vladimir Venkov — Wed, 18 May 2011 17:40:00 +0000

http://www.searleffect.com/ check it out. It is not the only one btw.

“Energy problem” – the big oil companies are behind it. Money and power – everything is about them.

By: Epicurean_Logic

Epicurean_Logic — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:37:00 +0000

My friend is a Geography teacher and seems to think that nuclear power is the best way forward to solving the energy crisis. The obvious problem is the disposal of the waste. His solution and as I understand it, the solution of many serious believers in nuclear power including our governments is to dispose of the radioactive waste in lead containers buried in very deep pits in the earth. Should any leakage occur at these depths the claim is that there will not be huge damage to the ecosystem and habitable environment. Do you agree? If so, why? If not why not?

Flying radioactive waste into the sun or into deep space in just not cost effective at the moment due to the massive costs involved with sending objects into space, between $10,000 and $40,000 per kilo. If and when it is constructed, the space lift could bring the price down to $100 per kilo (source CNN). A vision for future waste disposal?

Concerning solar power my question is this:

Given the rising oil prices and the reduced cost of solar power due to increase in technological innovation within the solar power industry. Do you think that we will ever reach a cost parity between oil and solar power? If so when?

Loved this documentary. It creates a shining vision of the future, fuelled by the life giving and glowing solar orb.

By: Bill Zimmerman

Bill Zimmerman — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 13:13:00 +0000

I find it interesting that throughout the documentary it brings up: Government regulations (mandates for private companies), government subsidies, government owned “commanding heights” (power companies in some countries are owned by the government), and government laws (forcing people or “incentivizing” them to use solar power)… And we wonder why it’s being so successful??

If solar power had not gotten any of this favoritism would solar be what it is today? No one can say for sure, but I can certainly say there would be more competition (as government picks the winners instead of the market) and there would be more choice (water, wind, nuclear, etc.)

I feel when I watch this documentary disgusted at the intrusion of government into making choices for us – regardless of how noble they may be (don’t get me wrong green energy is a great thing!)…

By: ConspirHeresay

ConspirHeresay — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 06:03:22 +0000

Thirty years ago I helped my grandfather install solar panels and the neighbors thought he was a nut job…but one panel was enough to heat the water for a four bedroom farm house. He also had a ten acre pond and built a dam that powered the lights. He used a wood burning stove his whole life too. The initial start up costs were huge and objectively speaking he never lived long enough to reap the benefits but the guy who bought the house appreciated his work thats a certainty. My grandfather was really keen on wind power too, but sadly he was too old to follow that project through. If he was alive today, i know he would just shake his head at the mess we are in now. Years ahead of his time. It’s those damn start up costs and most people move around too much and worry about them too much to bother. Just like the electric car, tidal power, solar energy…it’s the only prudent way to go, but it’s exactly why the powers that control oil have a vested interest to suck us sheepeople dry that it probably will be years before we pick up all the dropped balls and wonder wtf took us so long.