Wind and Solar Power: Old, Uneconomic, Government Dependent

Wind and Solar Power: Old, Uneconomic, Government Dependent

“Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program,” Milton Friedman observed decades ago. Such applies to two current politically correct, economically incorrect energies: solar and wind as grid electricity. Both technologies have a long, experimental backstory. And each has been perennially uncompetitive, requiring never-ending tax subsidies and other special government favors. Charles Fritts reputedly installed the first solar panels …