Larry Bawden explains why he switched from hydrogen to solar energy, pointing to the massive annual solar resource and regulatory advantages. U.S. solar investment jumped to roughly $500 million in 18 months, and solar proves effective for generating clean electricity.
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So why solar? I mean, why did I switch from hydrogen to solar? There will be nice niche markets for hydrogen for a while. Moving it around, having it compatible with codes and regulations and standards from counties to cities to states to federal governments is a challenge. And luckily, the federal government has not figured out how to regulate the sun. I'm sure it's coming. I'm sure it will happen. But as of now, they haven't done that. And if you look at the gigawatts per year— I'm sorry, watt-hours per year the sun can produce versus all the other resources on Earth, it's just obvious. I mean, it's 360 million terawatt-hours annually compared to anything else up there. So, I mean, how can you not do that? And it's been around for 50, 60 years. But there hasn't been much advancements or much investment thrown in the sector until the last 18 months. $500 million in just the US. It's been $500 million in solar in just the last 18 months. In just our country, that's not worldwide. Which is unbelievable. So you've gone from, you know, total of $100 over 50 years to $500 in 18 months. So all kinds of things are happening out there. And a lot of countries and other nations are seeing the same answer. How can you choose to ignore this? We have to tap into this resource because on top of this, it's an extremely good way to convert clean electricity.