Hurricane Milton Exposes Green New Deal’s Fragility: Costly Solar Panels Destroyed in Florida, Leaving Thousands in the Dark

Gateway Pundit, ^ | Oct. 14, 2024 | Jim Hᴏft

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In a devastating blow to the Democrat’s Green New Deal agenda, the solar panel farm at Lake Placid, Florida, was ripped apart by Hurricane Milton, exposing the inherent vulnerabilities of relying on so-called “green energy.”

The 380-acre Lake Placid Solar Power Plant, was meant to symbolize the future of energy, but after Hurricane Milton’s landfall, it now stands as a symbol of the failures of environmental utopianism.

The 45-megawatt (MW) plant consists of approximately 180,000 tracking solar panels.

This solar facility, touted for its ability to power over 12,000 homes at peak production, was ravaged by the storm’s extreme conditions.

Now, viral footage shows the mangled array of panels, symbolizing both the fragility and limitations of a “renewable-only” energy approach in high-stakes weather events.

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Duke Energy, responsible for maintaining the solar plant, admitted that restoration efforts will be long and difficult, with nearly 43,000 customers out of 60,000 customers are still without power in the aftermath of the storm, according to Energy Central.

County officials reported that 97% of the area lost power immediately following the storm.

[mewzilla]

Deep State’s green policies are about saving the planet the same way its CoupFlu policies were and are about protecting public health.

[mewzilla]

What Happens When a Tornado Strolls Through a Solar Farm? You know. 180,000 panels powering 23,000 homes. The good news: The people whose homes were 'powered' by that field will never even know it was gone. The bad news: the tab to replace them will be paid by those same people with higher rates.

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Meanwhile...

NEW - A statistical investigation published in Nature finds no detectable acceleration in global warming rates post-1970s.

[Lockbox]

太阳能电池板世界

Wow, there really is a Solar Panel World! I just made up the name…. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[PIF]

What could possibly go awry?

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The area’s entire seafood industry will shut down, as the critters will move out of the area - those that can; those that cannot move will die off.

Sea critters navigate and sense prey by the electrical currents they perceive or generate. Massive noise made by the ‘mills and stray currents from the windmills’ cables will do the trick.