Thom Hartmann: The Solar Power Battle Now Being Fought

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The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann on RT TV & FSTV "live" 7pm and 10pm check www.thomhartmann.com/tv for local listings

[midnight]

1. Traditional energy companies will never be ready to handle the influx of the people becoming

independent of them.

[nolabels]

2. I would think the word ' Traditional' comes in lockstep with 'Trend"

The independent moves of the population at large would probably indicate people are trending more to solar. The idea of cheap or cheaper than corporate owned suppliers is really only a result of technology passing by people sitting on their cash cow.

I say "eff those effers" and smart money, i would think, would be locating and investing in even more solar and any next step for larger, cheaper and more efficient batteries and battery banks

[daleanime]

3. kick, kick, kick....

[nationalize the fed]

4. Hey Thom- Huge things happening in Japan right now

Solar + Hydrogen= the future

World's First Community Level Hydrogen Town Project Starts in Kitakyushu

The Research Association of Hydrogen Supply/Utilization Technology (HySUT), an organization comprising 13 companies, and Fukuoka Prefecture started test operations for the Kitakyushu Hydrogen Town Project in cooperation with Fukuoka Prefecture and the city of Kitakyushu on January 15, 2011. This effort is part of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's (METI) goal to create a hydrogen energy-based society in the future...MORE
http://www.japanfs.org/en/news/archives/news_id030826.html

Japan is committed to becoming a Hydrogen Society
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/10/12/national/japan-rises-challenge-becoming-hydrogen-society/



They are building solar islands!

Solar Hydrogen= The Fuel of the Future
http://www.amazon.com/Solar-Hydrogen-Future-Mario-Pagliaro/dp/1849731950/

As time goes on, Hydrogen will actually get CHEAPER because of tech innovations in the electrolysis process. Solar will continue to get cheaper too.

In the '60s it was Plastics. In the 2020's- Hydrogen. This is the beginning of a trillion dollar business.