Morocco Launches $9 Billion Solar Energy Project | Drudge Retort

Thursday, November 05, 2009

Morocco Launches $9 Billion Solar Energy Project

Morocco has announced this week the launch of a solar energy project, with an estimated cost of $9 billion, aiming at raising the share of renewable sources in the country's energy production. The plan, unveiled in the southern Moroccan city of Ouarzazate during a ceremony attended by king Mohammed VI and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will, according to the local news agency, enable the country to equally divide its renewable energies' national production between solar, wind and hydroelectric sources by the year 2020.

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Newsflash.... Bin Laden now said to be hiding in Morocco. US forces are now searching diligently for him and the new factions. ...more news to come....

LMAO!!!!!

#1 | Posted by Unclesam at 2009-11-05 09:39 PM | Reply | Flag:

After the MFers lay some wires over the sand they can use that solar energy to light up their tents.

#2 | Posted by fwthom at 2009-11-05 09:45 PM | Reply | Flag:

After the MFers lay some wires over the sand they can use that solar energy to light up their tents.
#2 | Posted by fwthom | Flag: Likes to Camp

#3 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2009-11-05 09:47 PM | Reply | Flag:

What the fuck Doc? You don't like camping? Sucks to be you.

#4 | Posted by wurster at 2009-11-05 11:08 PM | Reply | Flag:

#5-----"DOC"---- illusions of grandeur.

#5 | Posted by matsop at 2009-11-06 12:42 AM | Reply | Flag:

Morocco is on the right track. They have the sun. Most of America could take advantage of solar energy too if they didn't use so much electricity. It works good here in Hawaii and we only get full sun for half the day.

Guys like Fuck Wad Thom need to grow up some day and realize they are not even funny anymore.

#6 | Posted by RingMaster at 2009-11-06 01:24 AM | Reply | Flag:

Most of America could take advantage of solar energy too if they didn't use so much electricity. It works good here in Hawaii and we only get full sun for half the day.

#7 | Posted by RingMaster at 2009-11-06 01:24 AM | Reply | Flag: Needs to Google the Concept of Power Grids

#7 | Posted by Jak_Se_Mao at 2009-11-06 01:29 AM | Reply | Flag:

Needs to Google the Concept of Power Grids

Needs to google the concept of grid independent power sources.

#8 | Posted by RingMaster at 2009-11-06 01:56 AM | Reply | Flag:

As seen on Adult Swim:
www.landartgenerator.org
:)

#9 | Posted by snoofy at 2009-11-06 01:58 AM | Reply | Flag:

This is all wasted money. When the nuk war in europe starts, the first stratospheric EMP blast will turn every solar panel to scrap metal.

I would go for water. (even the windmills will be useless.)
With no chance of repair at all for the scrap.

#10 | Posted by cowansheep at 2009-11-06 03:36 AM | Reply | Flag:

When the nuk war in europe starts, the first stratospheric EMP blast will turn every solar panel to scrap metal. I would go for water. (even the windmills will be useless.) With no chance of repair at all for the scrap.

Totally agrees!

Be Well.

#11 | Posted by dethspud at 2009-11-06 04:51 AM | Reply | Flag:

Nine billion dollars! You know how much oil that could buy?

#12 | Posted by brentrice1 at 2009-11-06 07:06 AM | Reply | Flag:

When the nuk war in europe starts, the first stratospheric EMP blast will turn every solar panel to scrap metal.

Link?

Bonus points: China didn't think of this?

(skipping the improbability of the first EMP blast blanketing the globe)

#13 | Posted by snoofy at 2009-11-06 07:08 AM | Reply | Flag:

Nine billion dollars! You know how much oil that could buy?

Well, you have a point.

Sunshine is free, after all, and it's provided sufficient resources for every other species* to get by.

*Unless you're really into volcanic vents.

#14 | Posted by snoofy at 2009-11-06 07:11 AM | Reply | Flag:

Exactly, the sun turns them into all kinds of good stuff for us to burn a couple of millennium later. If you don't like it or it makes you "feel bad," you can buy some indulgences (aka "carbon credits") from Al Gore. If that is too free market for some of you loons out there, don't sweat it, soon the Holy Church of DC will implement state sponsored indulgences to alleviate you of your manufactured guilt.

Unfortunately, while all of this is taking place, we will be entering another minimum much like the Dalton, Sporer, and Maunder Minimums, but to quote non-government sponsored science like that is heretical and I would hate to be ex-communicated by the likes of you fellows. I'm sure your State Church will find a way for you to explain away the science so you can continue your tithe.

Good luck Sheep!

#15 | Posted by brentrice1 at 2009-11-06 07:21 AM | Reply | Flag:

Exactly, the sun turns them into all kinds of good stuff for us to burn a couple of millennium later.

And so, the next millenium... fuck 'em?

What would have happened if the Romans had discovered oil? (I mean, other than the oil to be found rending the fat of Christians and other animals?)

#16 | Posted by snoofy at 2009-11-06 07:32 AM | Reply | Flag:

If you're intimating that had they "discovered" oil (which they did use), and we had exhausted all resources by now, then we would have already moved onto another source. This shit works itself out. When there is a profit to be made, someone will find a way to make it.

I was playing devil's advocate here. If Solar is that way, great! It certainly isn't anything to be concerned with, and government intervention will only slow the process.

#17 | Posted by brentrice1 at 2009-11-06 07:42 AM | Reply | Flag:

government intervention will only slow the process.

Yeah, as was the case with the electric grid and the Internet, amirite?

Or... were you just playing again?

#18 | Posted by snoofy at 2009-11-06 07:54 AM | Reply | Flag:

The atom bomb... private enterprise? You lack vision.

Libraries, fire departments?

Ever heard of a guy called Thomas Jefferson? He was a nigger-lover, which probably explains your hatred for his idea(l)s.

#19 | Posted by snoofy at 2009-11-06 08:02 AM | Reply | Flag:

then we would have already moved onto another source. This shit works itself out.

Ah, endless resources. The keystone of your mythology.

#20 | Posted by snoofy at 2009-11-06 08:04 AM | Reply | Flag:

Snoofy, if you will recall, an existing customer base did not already exist for the electric grid or the internet at the time of their conception.

Next.

#21 | Posted by brentrice1 at 2009-11-06 08:08 AM | Reply | Flag:

Nice dropping of the N-bomb.

I'm done with this conversation.

#22 | Posted by brentrice1 at 2009-11-06 08:09 AM | Reply | Flag:

an existing customer base did not already exist for the electric grid or the internet at the time of their conception.

Try saying that in Iraq, asshole.

#23 | Posted by snoofy at 2009-11-06 08:10 AM | Reply | Flag:

Oh dear, brentrice1, I got emotional. Rare sight here.

Keep the faith.

Keep "inventing" "products" for "markets" that don't exist.

Derivatives, credit default swaps, and consolidated debt obligations have worked out for the best.

Right, Pangloss?

There's no such thing as a free lunch. So let's just eat the middle class! amirite?

#24 | Posted by snoofy at 2009-11-06 08:15 AM | Reply | Flag:

The train is fixing to pull out from the station, folks. We can get on board or remain on the platform and watch the future ride off into the sunset without us. It is absolutely crucial that the U.S. take the lead in the development of this technology.
Time for "discussion" is over.

#25 | Posted by igmoramus at 2009-11-06 09:08 AM | Reply | Flag:

You could cover the US with windmills and solar panels and not have the megawatt capacity of one coal fired plant.

#26 | Posted by fwthom at 2009-11-06 09:35 AM | Reply | Flag:

FWTHOM, let's not just make up "facts."

#27 | Posted by brentrice1 at 2009-11-06 09:42 AM | Reply | Flag:

A decent PWR Nuclear Reactor puts out around 1,100 Megawatts. Total existing windpower output in the US right now is at over 31,000 Megawatts

#28 | Posted by brentrice1 at 2009-11-06 09:45 AM | Reply | Flag:

Total existing windpower output in the US right now is at over 31,000 Megawatts

And I see more and more every time I drive around the country.

You'd have to be pretty ignorant not to take wind (or solar) "for free."

#29 | Posted by snoofy at 2009-11-06 10:15 AM | Reply | Flag:

Hey hey, our bigot friend is back.

#30 | Posted by brentrice1 at 2009-11-06 10:23 AM | Reply | Flag:

Investing in solar infrastructure makes much more sense than setting up a bull shit money making scam like "cap 'n' trade." (that Obamatards just looove)

#31 | Posted by LIVE_OR_DIE at 2009-11-06 02:18 PM | Reply | Flag:

Agreed.

#32 | Posted by brentrice1 at 2009-11-06 02:49 PM | Reply | Flag:

Saw this in the local rag this morning. Green jobs seem to be happening.

Published: November 06. 2009 4:00AM PST The sun continues to shine on Bend's PV Powered.

The solar products manufacturer has added 30 employees since June and is fast-tracking an expansion project in order to add more capacity to its plant in the Brinson Business Park in northeast Bend.

The company is now up to 80 employees and hiring more thanks to market demand for its 260-kilowatt inverter that's exceeding sales and industry expectations, said Erick Petersen, the company's vice president of sales and marketing.

#33 | Posted by Manypaths at 2009-11-06 03:02 PM | Reply | Flag:

Common sense and cheaper power won't let a blue dog to admit they are wrong.

#34 | Posted by 1linerdude at 2009-11-06 04:59 PM | Reply | Flag:

Drill Baby Drill.

#35 | Posted by tiger150 at 2009-11-06 05:00 PM | Reply | Flag:

What would have happened if the Romans had discovered oil?

Ah... an alternate history buff?

Well, if many things had allowed to continue (for example, if there had been no Crusades or the Aztecs hadn't wasted away), Earth would be around 1,000 years more advanced scientifically than it is now.

For example, if the Greek civilization had continued to this day... unbroken... our first Starships would be returning today from other star systems. (so said Carl Sagan)

And Greek would be the world language, not English.

#36 | Posted by Tosser at 2009-11-07 12:40 AM | Reply | Flag:

Our colony in Alpha Centauri would be thriving... today.. right now....

How we have wasted ourselves over the millennia.

#37 | Posted by Tosser at 2009-11-07 12:43 AM | Reply | Flag:

Well tosser we are all living on top of the skeletons of older civilizations, tells you something about the chances of the current ones.

#38 | Posted by dibblda at 2009-11-07 03:54 AM | Reply | Flag:

#39 | Posted by dibblda

Very astute observation

#39 | Posted by Timex at 2009-11-07 04:02 AM | Reply | Flag:

Well tosser we are all living on top of the skeletons of older civilizations, tells you something about the chances of the current ones.

#39 | Posted by dibblda at 2009-11-07 03:54 AM | Reply | Flag: TOO DEEP FOR THIS CROWD

#40 | Posted by brentrice1 at 2009-11-07 07:57 AM | Reply | Flag:

Well tosser we are all living on top of the skeletons of older civilizations, tells you something about the chances of the current ones.

I've been saying the same for awhile. Contrary to Brentrice's post, I don't think that concept is too "deep" for the DR crowd. I do think it's too uncomfortable for some of them to think about, especially the Christian supremacists.

#41 | Posted by ZombieHunter at 2009-11-08 09:39 AM | Reply | Flag:

No, on second thought brent is right. There are a lot of fucking retards here.

JeffNDenmark just made a return to the Retort if you feel the need to indulge your morbid curiosity...

#42 | Posted by ZombieHunter at 2009-11-08 09:42 AM | Reply | Flag:

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