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Posted on 12/13/2013 1:20:47 PM PST by WayneLusvardi
Solar power is popular nowadays as a “renewable,” non-polluting energy source. It helps California comply with AB32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, which mandates a 25 percent reduction in greenhouse gases in the state by 2020.
“Even on short winter days, California is breaking solar energy records,” declared environmental writer Chris Clarke on the website of KCET, America’s largest independent public TV station, which broadcasts across Southern California.
Clarke was jubilant that solar power had generated more than 2,800 megawatts of electricity just before noon on that day. There also was 1,898 megawatts of rooftop solar power generated on Dec. 4, but that was for the entire 24-hour day.
Archived data for Dec. 4 is not available from the California Independent System Operator’s (ISO) website. So I double-checked the amount of solar power flowing into the state energy grid for Thursday, Dec. 11. The numbers tell a different story.
(Excerpt) Read more at calwatchdog.com ...
Solar power is not for power ,you silly person
Oh, it for power all right. ;-)
We would have to entirely cover the earth with Solar panels and the sun would have to shine 24/7 to supply our energy needs .
On cold winter days, eat dead eagle meat and make clothes from the feathers.
You wrote it, why excerpt?
Wind power is no use during a hurricane. Unless someone can develop a type of battery that can hold enormous quantities of energy, that make up for its cost, then we had better forget about wind and solar power.
It would be nice to not have to clean these panels, too. An inconvenient truth that solar folks have to deal with.
Meanwhile, wood burning remains verboten in the bay area, for the 6th day running, and likely to continue thru the weekend.
Wood is a renewable resource , solar panels are not.
Why not?
You mean why shouldn't homeboy try to redirect Free Republic's traffic to his blog?
Do you mean why does he use Free Republic as a free advertising tool?
Why not what exactly?
If my roof in downtown Pasadena, California were covered with solar panels I would have to wash it once or twice a day due to all the soot and the pollen dust that comes from the 75-foot tall untouchable Ficus trees owned by the city in the parkway in front of my house. I have a “U” shaped dwelling so I would have to install drip lines with timers to keep the panels at maximum efficiency. What you gain in reduced electric bills from solar subsidies from other electric ratepayers you lose in water bills which have tiered rates for more usage.
Not really. About 10,000 square miles would do for present US energy needs. About the size of VT and NH together, but preferably located somewhere in say, AZ.
The contiguous US is over 3M square miles, so the 10,000 would be about .3% of the US.
That whole day/night bit would still be a problem, though.
http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/energy-overview/solar/
I cannot get a tan during the winter months as easily either : )
“Unless someone can develop a type of battery that can hold enormous quantities of energy, that make up for its cost, then we had better forget about wind and solar power”
Actually, this has been done in several mechanical (not chemical) ways that on an industrial scale, are surprisingly efficient - one way involves pumping water up hill and then doing hydroelectric power from that.
FWIW, my neighbors in MA built huge solar panels on their “fuel efficient” home when it was a fad in the 1970s. The south-facing panels kept the south side of the house out of sunlight, as the panels blocked that view. An additional heat source in mid-winter was necessary since they only got a few hours of sunlight, and that was only when it was sunny. It’s a boggy area, and moisture build up and everything that causes was a problem. Even when they were functional, they only heated water to luke-warm. They were ugly and had to be kept clean. Except for all that they were fine.
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