SOLAR the ANSWER

12-5-23 | ME

[Paul46360]

We have a solar array where I work..it's in a college setting..but image this being EVERYDAY in the UPPER MIDWEST.. SNOW on the panel...ZERO energy being "created"

[teeman8r]

wow that is some blizzard conditions there...

total white out

[silent majority rising]

It doesn’t matter. The EVs wouldn’t run anyway.

[caver]

Another thing, I live in Indiana. We only get about 40% of possible sunshine in the winter. The rest of the time it is cloudy. You don’t get mmuch solar energy if you can’t see the sun.

[PIF]

total white out
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In a white out, visibility would be limited to the black objects in the foreground.

[Freedumb]

The solution is simple! Just make sure you have natural gas or diesel powered heaters that will melt the snow off of the panels 24x7. Or you can have electric heaters powered by electricity generated by a stable power source like coal or natural gas.

[Paul46360]

this was from NW IN...today

[CodeJockey]

The problem with solar is that is can be gotten at no charge. That does not set well big corporations.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Thank you.

[Reno89519]

You don’t understand, you’re not supposed to need electricity on days like this. /s

[wjcsux]

“ The problem with solar is that is can be gotten at no charge. That does not set well big corporations.”

Yeah, but what good is it if it’s unreliable?

[Brooklyn Attitude]

Snow is bad, but hail storms destroy solar panels.

[VTenigma]

Excellent idea!

[dfwgator]

Exactly, and especially in Texas, where you are guaranteed at least one hailstorm every year, it’s dumb to get solar panels.

[budj]

"...melt the snow off of the panels 24x7..."
And, of course, run the lights at night.

[Leaning Right]

Democrats love to do nonsensically unrealistic things. So maybe they should pass a law limiting the amount of snowfall.

[z3n]

LOL!

[PROCON]

Who needs electricity/heat in the winter, duh? 🤔

[PLMerite]

"The problem with solar is that is can be gotten at no charge."

Like the girls on the corner used to tell me: "It ain't never free, baby!"

[Gay State Conservative]

I have personally visited two spots on earth where solar just might make sense today. One is the Australian Outback and the other is the Arabian Peninsula. They both feature *lots* of *strong* sunshine (close to the equator),plenty of open space and a comparatively low population.

Of course the day could come when it makes sense for other places...places farther from the equator and with less sunshine. But that's in the future,not now.