I'm having solar panels fitted in the next 3 months. Should provide 93% of our electricity and they are projected to pay for themselves in 9 years. Massive Apollo Moon Shot style gov't incentives akin to the welfare they give to Oil companies and the whole Country could become relatively self sufficient.

See also: Germany.

Ready for my thread eject for being mildly Progressive sounding.

Your argument is a bit of a fallacy..bifurcation. Just because we can't do EVERYTHING on our own doesn't logically mean we should do NOTHING.

I'm not blaming coal and I don't think that's the thesis here. The US Gov't plays favorites with it's incentives and corporate welfare. I blame them mostly. Fossil fuels have a ton of money that funds lobbying and disinformation. They, in effect, keep their foot on the throat of green energy which is factually, statistically viable to power most, if not all, of our energy needs right now. It would just take redirecting of $$$ and priorities away from Fossil---back to the lobbying(get $$ out of politics). People aren't aware of the facts surrounding energy.

I only use Roundup on my cereal in the morning...never on the lawn. I wouldn't do that to the dog.