Posted on 02/18/2024 6:49:49 AM PST by AT7Saluki
The biggest problem with solar panels (other that the obviously higher cost of their electricity) is that they are put on the roofs of buildings where they don’t belong by stupid people. The differential cost of a solar panel on a roof compared with a field of solar panels in the open countryside it probably an order of magnitude. And, its the same electricity being produced. They fail like they were built to last only a couple of years and changing out a $50 panel on your roof will cost you $500. And, a roof repair goes from being a couple hundred dollars to slide in a few shingles or caulk some flashing to a picnic for the solar company.
Suggest you look up “agrovoltaics”.
California shut down huge farms and ranches for the stupid kangaroo rat. They shut down logging for an owl and salmon. Yet somehow not a single endangered species is found where they are installing the huge solar farms. Go figure.
Solar photovoltaic panels are largely being produced in China using electricity generated via coal in power plants with emissions controls that can best be described as primitive by U.S. standards.
But we’re Green! We have solar panels!
A nice idea and term, I suppose.
It’s not what I see in practice out in the world.
See here, for instance.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/gR1VQB2UWNNJSA8WA
I am working on a small space heater that burns spent solar cells and castoff windmill blades. The only issue seems to be the toxic fumes created by the process of incinerating green technology. Perhaps this issue could be overcome with an afterburner fired by sperm whale oil.
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