is one way to stay warm. Not necessarily a GOOD way, of course...
Posted on 09/05/2022 7:49:55 AM PDT by lowbridge
According to a CNBC investigation, retail giant Amazon — which made solar power a key pillar of its plan to reach zero emissions by 2040 — secretly switched off all rooftop warehouse solar panels amid multiple fires and safety concerns.
"Out of an abundance of caution, following a small number of isolated incidents with onsite solar systems owned and operated by third parties, Amazon proactively powered off our onsite solar installations in North America, and took immediate steps to re-inspect each installation by a leading solar technical expert firm," an Amazon spokesperson conceded to CNBC in a statement.
The issue here isn't necessarily that Amazon clearly had some faulty tech on their hands. And if equipment is catching fire and threatening employee safety — as AmazonBasics products have done before — it should definitely be powered down. But the company failed to make the malfunctions and the subsequent shut-downs known to the public, which means that the company was apparently withholding info about both employee safety and its environmental efforts and impact.
Internal documents obtained by CNBC showed that between April 2020 and June 2021, there were at least six separate incidents of rooftop solar panels either catching fire or suffering electrical explosions. Forty-seven North American Amazon warehouses had these panels installed, meaning the dangerous malfunctions impacted roughly 12.7 percent of all such sites.
"The rate of dangerous incidents is unacceptable," an Amazon employee reportedly wrote in one internal report obtained by CNBC, "and above industry averages."
But these incidents and the following string of shutdowns and evaluations remained undisclosed, even though the Amazon's 2021 sustainability report — released long after those shutdowns and evaluations were underway — praised itself for its commitment to solar energy, domestically and beyond US borders.
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We’re going to call them, “China Fires”.
They shut them off? Isn’t that racist?
ROFLOL..!!!!
What a predictable shame. Sore power has its place when the grid is limited but otherwise it’s a fool’s investment.
do they burn like EVs?
EVs burn up your car.
Wind Mills kill birds and fallen blades can kill, too.
Then there's the recycling down the road.
We are so scr****.
They shut them off? Isn’t that racist?
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I was going to ask why, but you’re correct; *everything* is racist. So sitting off fire-prone solar panels is probably racist! Turning them on is of course also racist.
More trouble in renewable utopia? My, my.
When will they ever learn?
We are being herded into a box canyon. There is going to be a slaughter.
The Green Revolution of Crap
I have 1st hand knowledge of this. Something is peculiar with the program. They had one roof fire out of the hundreds of buildings that they operate. Also Amazon owns very few buildings that they operatem.
Surprised cnbc even r3port3d on This I stead of trying to bury the story to protect the green agenda
Drats! Foiled again! Snidley Greenlash
“I was going to ask why, but you’re correct; *everything* is racist. So sitting off fire-prone solar panels is probably racist! Turning them on is of course also racist.”
It’s also privilege .
Turning them off is privilege .
Turning them back on also displays your privilege .
Turning them off shows you are a beneficiary of generational wealth.
Turning them on shoes you benefit from generational wealth .
How about colonizer? Or any other word?
Walmart has had several warehouse fires in the last few years. I wonder if any were caused by solar panels on the roofs?
When you start with a false premise every decision and every action is wrong.
There is no such thing as man made climate change! Put another way there is nothing man can do to change the earth’s climate. Only the earth and the moon and the sun can do that.
Climate change is real. We have proof that the earth’s climate has indeed changed over the past 10,000 but man played no part in that change.
It is all a scam (for some to get rich) and for governments to gain more control over their citizens.
We are seeing the end game of the scam.
They have attempted to switch from fossil fuel to “renewables” energy before renewable energy sources were ready for prime time. They may have just as well as promised energy from unicorn farts, they are just as real as the possibly of running a city on solar or wind.
The reason I know wind and solar will not work is because they have to use force (laws and regulations) and bribes to get people to switch over. If wind and solar was viable it would be profitable and people would be lining up to use it.
Will the coming winter in Europe be enough to wake up the people, who knows? What I do know it is not going to get better until they stop believing the lie and go back to what works.
In New Mexico and Arizona, Walmart has some parking lot roofs setting on metal columns. Those giant “carports” have a massive number of solar panels on top. Cars benefit from parking under roof shade in the blistering hot sun and the stores use the generated power. I don’t know about safety problems with that.
“Out of an abundance of caution“
Gack, I HATE that stinking COVID phrase. It’s an awful verbal tic, kind of like “C’mon, man!”
Welcome to glorious new green future, comrade.
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