Duh!! The panels come from heaven or somewhere like that,,, and they get recycled later into like,,,coffee tables or something!
PS,,, ever notice you also never hear about the importance of frequently cleaning the glass? Yellowed plasic covers or dirty glass covers result in a big drop in efficiency.
That said,, i love how the environmentalists eat their young. They look at everything thru their religion, even their things meant to save the earth,, even the email discussing it or the google search. It must make them so angry to never be able to stop breathing.
What's happening is that what environmentalists are actually in favor of is no human use of energy at all. When they suggest a solution like solar cells, it's only so they can shoot it down as soon as anyone actually tries to implement it.
When they talk about the W/square foot available for solar energy, they leave out the need for access to clean and maintain the panels.
This effectively reduces the power available in a given area. If you have 1 acre available, you can't use all of it for panels. You need to be able to get into the panel area to clean. This means aisles for humans.
Combine this with the low efficiency and it is very expensive per kwh.
I'm not anti-solar, or wind. I am for what makes sense. We can't rely on PV solar to the extent they say we can.
The issues raised in this article have some merit but it is worth noting that the referenced organization (SVTC) and its founder Ted Smith have been objecting to anything and everything for well over twenty years. Smith is a hard-core leftie nutcase. "Protest" comes as naturally to these types as crying does to a baby. "I want! I want! Gimme, gimme, gimme!"
And come Tuesday at noon, they'll start being delivered on the backs of unicorns. :=)