Not sure why you'd say that solar is a scam; it's just that it's expensive and takes a long time to break even. Then again, how long does it take for your nuclear fission plant to break even on costs? Hmmm??
Cost is not everything and contrary to solar nuclear has proved that it is profitable, else we would not be discussing this at all. Solar also takes forever to break even in the energy needed to create the cells and all the metal scaffold for holding the cells in place.
Note that no one knows how long such solar plants can be operated but if it is below 30 years which man experts believe is the case, they are even less economically feasible.
Solar is a scam because it will never be able to hold true the claims it's proponents have (while the actually believe their claims).
- solar does not deliver constant energy hence it can't replace coal, gas or nuclear
- it uses huge amount of space. where i live that is just not available
- waste of resources (steel,...) -> extremly inefficient. Thats why it takes years to get the energy back that was initially invested.
Even more retarded is the decentralized idea, eg. solar panels on roofs. That is even more efficient plus the current power grid would have to be completely changed and adjusted. It is not affordable.
The worst thing for economy is expensive energy. The biggest problem is always economy and global warming. Thats why nuclear fission is the only acceptable solution we have right now because it can fully replace coal and gas.
Expensive energy directly leads to a economic recession:
- everything gets more expensive
- people can afford less stuff and buy less
- companies need to lay off people because the make less profit
- even less stuff is bought
and so on...
Do you think China and India will sleep? no they are actually investing heavy in nuclear because they need cheap energy. Western world will get crushed if the go all "green".