I worked with dudes that smoked like it was a job requirement that looked haggard AF at 30. I didn't recognize one of them 10 years later because he had stopped smoking and dropped a ton of weight - he looked 10 years younger than when I met him.
Smoking is bad, kids. And no, Vaping probably isn't much better.
Well you see, testosterone levels rose when Regan was elected, 9/11 happened, and The Apprentice launched.
It's basically science.
(this post was satire, and I'm sorry if it made anyone vomit)
I'm going to rename my NAS "online discussions" in your honor.
Windmills have automatic shut-offs based entirely on their Bald Eagle kill counts.
phax.
You can buy solar panels at Costco.
I can't help you with any more of a real world scenario. If you want to offset some dollar amount of your energy use with home-grown juice, that's the easiest way to get it done right now.
"Oh, your solution doesn't break the laws of physics? Trash it, we're gonna keep burning shit to make more shit we can burn forever until you have a magic solution or until we kill the planet"
The hundred year solution is nuclear. The thousand year solution is colonizing other planets.
Ultra dense energy has its place, namely where weight and volume are critical like in aerospace. Everything else can deal with not putting more carbon and worse things in the air.
I encourage you to run for president on the "I have no idea how any of this works, and that's why I'm going to solve all your problems" ticket.
Worked for the last guy! You might even get a shot at embarrassing yourself on an international stage, just like the last guy!
short answer: once
Unsolicited fact: Heinz picked the number 57 at random, it just sounded like good marketing at a time when things were general marketed as "tonic #4" and the like.
(well, maybe not fact, more like probable truth)
It's two separate statements. We don't live in a post scarcity world. Power grids have physical limitations regarding power in and power out.
About 3/5ths of a metric megaton.