" Yeah, but have you heard about our ballroom??"

[womanofthehills]

Yeah, but have you heard about our ballroom

“China’s solar power plant in Dunhuang uses around 12,000 mirrors to focus sunlight onto a central tower, heating molten salt to extreme temperatures.

That heat is stored and used to generate electricity on demand, including after sunset.”

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[Johnny2X2X]

1. We just ceded leadership on Green Energy

These last decades of infighting here, of the GOP being beholden to the oil industry, or anti science nonsense. All of it allowed China to dominate energy for the next 100 years. China is manufacturing the world's wind turbines, the world's solar panels, and they're developing new technology like this.

It didn't have to be like this, the US should be the world leader in green technology.

[womanofthehills]

2. And health care - an MRI costs $67 - $119 in China

With no waiting. Often same day or waiting 2 days maximum.

Some Americans fly to China, stay in 5 star hotel, get all their tests and fly back home for less than one MRI in US that they might have to wait months to get.

My south wall of my house is mostly all windows - need to use no other heat in winter if sun is out and it’s always out in NM. My boyfriend used to be a contractor so he and I built it on weekends over 5 yrs. Also have solar panels connected to grid and pump up my well water with a separate solar panels and I’m poor compared to most.

[dalton99a]

3. +1

[lame54]

6. The worst part about this...

The oil companies have all the seed money to invest and own the green energy biz which would keep them in power for generations

Instead they spent that money fighting and repressing innovation

[Sneederbunk]

4. Chinese molten salt is always in my cupboard.

[displacedvermoter]

5. With the little girl with the fireproof umbrella?