Sure politicians are not qualified, but they are supposed to be surrounded by qualified people and they do pay vast amounts of money to experts. and agencies I don't think the problem is qualification per se. The problem is that ideology rules over science.
You mean alleged experts. I have seen a lot of "consultants" during my working live to know not many of them are real experts. As long as you speak loudly and with some arrogance they quickly think you are an expert. Just another kind of politicians ![Angry >:(](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/angry.gif)
And yes ideology seems to rule big time. But they seem to overlook one thing. The whole "renewable" scene is just shifting the problem to delay the inevitable. The demise of the human race. With all the production of solar panels, windmills and batteries we are still plundering the earth, and it will run out someday. They should put more effort in reducing over consumption and stopping population growth. But hey that is not economically viable.
But that is just my 2 cents worth ![Smiley :)](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
Delaying is the whole game. One way or another, individually, we will all die. Some of old age, some of illnesses. Most of us do what we can to delay that inevitable event. Society is the same -- delay the inevitable so society doesn't die too soon. But die it will someday, remember, even the Sun itself will run out of fuel some day.
Even eating is but a temporary solution to a perpetual problem, but certainly I will take some food just to last yet another day. So I am fine with finding energy solutions that just delay the inevitable.
Trouble is, our politicians (aided by the people surrounding them) often select solutions based on their own benefit (political contributions, etc.) rather than for the benefit of society. Given the quality of education these days, I doubt they can really pick the better solution even if they do have a "pure heart."
These solar walkways and solar road is dumb. This solar panel between rails is dumb. From my gut feel (ie: no real hard stats I can quote), they will be not be net energy positive if you include maintenance cost. They are vanity projects for politicians.