Monday, February 15, 2021

Wind and solar

The proper use of wind and solar energy sources requires the mining of rare earth metals in the US where they can be mined in an environmentally sound manner. The use of current technology requires neodymium, terbium, indium, dysprosium and prasdodymium. Other metals such as cadmium, gallium, germanium, selenium and tellurium are also needed. Wind mills and solar panels would be installed near power plants whose back up source of energy would be natural gas. This is necessary since the wind doesn't always blow and the sun doesn't always shine. Wind and solar should also be set up for any permanent structures such and buildings, manufacturing plants and even homes and all of these using natural gas as a back up. Using Presidents Biden's plan to build in America and buy America the price of wind mills and solar panels would rise but the benefit is good paying American jobs and environmentally sound mining and manufacturing practices. This is a controlled way to develop the trained employees needed to build solar and wind without jeopardizing the economy.

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