Solar Versus Oil

Craig Mackintosh

One of our recent posts shared the following shocking news:

...if we maintain our current solar research budget at $168 million per year, it will take us 4,761 years before we have spent as much on solar research as we have, so far, spent in Iraq. - Industry's Plan for Us
If that is hard to fathom - check out the following chart to get a visual prompt. Not only are we shooting other people - we're shooting ourselves in the foot.

Multiply the figures down the left column by 1,000,000 to get the full totals for investments in each area.... Also, note that even the enormous figures here may well have been underestimated.

Hat Tip: Solar Power Rocks

 

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