To be fair, there were nations like France which had largely carbon neutral grids 50 years ago, even if this sort of solar and wind only really started their modern style large scale deployments 20 to 25 years ago.
Also, while Carter may not have had them, decently effective solar cells did exist 50 years ago, which is why they were powering nearly all spacecraft and such, they just weren’t cheap.
I had Jimmy Carter’s whitehouse rooftop solar in mind when I said 50 years. Maybe not ready for full deployment at that time, but the lost opportunity for investment and early deployment is tragic in my opinion.
Those were solar hot water heating panels, not photovoltaics. Quite effective for what they did, but not something that could be used as a source of electricity.
Those weren’t even PV panels it was just a solar water heater. *woops, had this comment open long enough while I double checked that that somebody beat me to it
In particular: wind and solar weren’t ready for this kind of deployment 50 years ago.
To be fair, there were nations like France which had largely carbon neutral grids 50 years ago, even if this sort of solar and wind only really started their modern style large scale deployments 20 to 25 years ago.
Also, while Carter may not have had them, decently effective solar cells did exist 50 years ago, which is why they were powering nearly all spacecraft and such, they just weren’t cheap.
I had Jimmy Carter’s whitehouse rooftop solar in mind when I said 50 years. Maybe not ready for full deployment at that time, but the lost opportunity for investment and early deployment is tragic in my opinion.I had a wrong opinion.
Those were solar hot water heating panels, not photovoltaics. Quite effective for what they did, but not something that could be used as a source of electricity.
No they werent?! WHAT! THEY WERE! I WAS WRONG ABOUT SOMETHING?! Ugh…
Those weren’t even PV panels it was just a solar water heater. *woops, had this comment open long enough while I double checked that that somebody beat me to it