Solar energy is too dilute to ever be the main energy source, even if we got 100% efficient solar cells. See Beckmann, Petr, Why “Soft” Technology Will Not Be America’s Energy Salvation; other material by Beckmann here. [See also my post Access to Energy (archived comments)]
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Stephan Kinsella is a libertarian writer and retired patent attorney in Houston, Texas. He has published widely on various areas of libertarian legal theory and on legal topics such as intellectual property law and international law. His publications include Legal Foundations of a Free Society (Papinian Press, 2023), Against Intellectual Property (Mises Institute, 2008), International Investment, Political Risk, and Dispute Resolution: A Practitioner’s Guide (Oxford, 2020), and The Universal Principles of Liberty (2025).
My Failed Libertarian Speaking Hiatus; Memories of Mises Institute and Other Events, 1988–20192025
