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To: BenLurkin

Good by another couple trillion dollars in tax money to pay for this. It can only provide a minuscule amount of electricity consumed in an office. We’re talking a few light bulbs. There is only so much you can harvest from sunlight. It doesn’t matter if you have 100% efficient solar collectors. The sun only puts out so much light and you can’t change that.


4 posted on 10/13/2016 12:09:05 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Hillary Clinton, the elderly woman's version of "I dindu nuffins.")
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To: Organic Panic
The sun only puts out so much light and you can’t change that.

True, but the solar intensity varies quite a bit. In the areas where the added power from these collectors would be handy are likely to be ones where A/C is heavily used. Conveniently, the panels put out the most power when A/C use it highest. Diverting some of that radiant energy helps cool things as well.

On a sunny day, we crank out kWs from our 17 roof panels, far more than we use. Somoneone in the PNW, no way.

9 posted on 10/13/2016 12:17:37 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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