No, that’s true. My point is that solar’s economics isn’t the only topic worth discussing. Areal density doesn’t seem to meaningfully impact the economics, but land use, waste, and habitat destruction are central issues that even IRENA anticipates and reports on.

That’s true but cost per kWh is not the only issue. It takes acres and acres of solar panels to produce relatively little energy in terms of the average demand per household. That model simply doesn’t scale. Only efficiency improvements can mitigate that.

Hence, why I named efficiency as the main issue.

With greater efficiency, fewer units can be used to yield the same output which drives down the cost per kWh.

So what? You literally said it was the amount that matters and I responded accordingly. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, energy-related CO₂ emissions have steadily decreased since 2007. There was a slight regression in 2019-2022, but trending downward again since then.

Re-read what you wrote, but slowly. Cost per kWh can’t be important while efficiency is irrelevant. Greater efficiency is what improves cost per kWh and that’s why the bulk of the research is going into improving efficiency of conversion and production.

You might be interested to know that China burned 3x more coal per capita in 2024 than the U.S. did.

4.6 billion tons of coal with a population of 1.409 billion = 3.265 tons per person

372.3 million tons of coal with a population of 340.1 million = 1.095 tons per person

That’s fair. China consumed appr. 55% of the global thermal coal (amounting to 4.6 billion tons). The U.S. consumed 372.3 million tons (which was a decrease from 2023). In other words, China burned 12 times more coal in 2024 than the U.S. did.

China has also brought about 300 more coal power stations online since 2023 and has a total of 1195 as of July of 2025. The US has 200.

China is simply creating as much energy as possible by any means necessary in an attempt to meet their growing energy demand.

China produces the most greenhouse gases, primarily due to its reliance on coal and other fossil fuels. While US is in second place, China has a lot of work to do to reduce their emissions as much as the US has. China isn’t leading the way, it’s trailing but making considerable strides.

At this point, without significant technological advancement, nuclear fusion appears the only viable way to meet the rapidly growing energy demand throughout most of the US. Modern advancements have made it a very clean, renewable energy source.

There is potential. I’ve been following photovoltaics for 20 years. Even made a rudimentary (and VERY inefficient) photovoltaic cell just for fun. The issue is that even the best are still relatively inefficient. Wiping out forests I used to explore for acres of solar panels feels dystopian

1984 by George Orwell

Atomic Habits by James Clear

Wellness by Nathan Hill

100 years of solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The Fred Factor by Mark Sanborn

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

One thing I LOVE about Nuxt is that it has great defaults but if you ever need any type of custom config, it’s pretty easy to do. Anything I’ve needed to configure has just been a breeze.

Nuxt, Nuxt UI, better auth, stripe, Turso, Nuxt Charts (if dashboard needs visuals)

Are you only using the distro’s software repositories and looking for Linux downloads on websites? (Only asking bc it’s common among new Linux users). Do you know about flatpaks and flathub? Also, you can use alternative.net to find Linux alternatives to software you use. Hope this helps

In the meantime, have you looked into insync? It’s a paid product but it’s relatively inexpensive and has a GUI that supports remote viewing and the offline-per-file capabilities you want. It may not offer the exp you’re looking for but depending on how much you need it, it may be worth it to you.

Gotcha. Sounds reasonable. I’ve been thinking about building something like this and packaging it as a flatpak. If I get the time to do it, I’ll try to remember reach out and let you know

This would be a cool thing to build. When using such a GUI would you expect anything that you moved into the local drive folder to automatically upload to your google drive? Or would you add one or more files and then expect to “sync” those with your google drive?