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Pictures: Look What a Few Punishing Minutes of Baseball-Sized Hail Did to Massive Nebraska Solar Farm(follow up?)
westernjournal.com ^
| 6/29/2023
| Johnathan Jones
Posted on 07/01/2023 7:45:30 AM PDT by rktman
Renewable energy is the alternative that Democrats and other environmental nuts want to replace reliable oil, gas and coal.
But time and time again, people who rely on wind and solar power have had to learn the tough lesson that such alternatives are both undependable and susceptible to the same elements they are supposed to harness.
Nowhere was that more true than in Nebraska, where a thunderstorm dumped baseball-sized hail on a solar farm on Friday at a speed of 150 mph — destroying the facility in just a few minutes.
Cowboy State Daily reported a storm moved east out of Wyoming where it wreaked havoc just across the state line on a solar farm in Scottsbluff, Nebraska.
The facility previously touted its benefits for the area on its website.
“Scottsbluff, Nebraska’s 5.2 MW Community Solar project is a part of NPPD’s Sunwise program,” the facility states. “The solar array has over 14,000 solar panels, which are installed on trackers that will follow the sun throughout the day.”
It doesn’t look like the panels will be tracking anything for the foreseeable future. The facility appears to be a total loss:
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Philosophy; US: Nebraska; US: Wyoming
KEYWORDS: bidenomics; bribinomics; climageddon; gangreen; hail; hailstorm; naturalselectlion; nebraska; power; scottsbluff; solar; solarfarm; solarpower; solarproject; wind
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Heart cockles warmed. Sorry, NOT sorry. I wonder if there is any enviro impact. Besides shattered glass and stuff. More in another post about the positive effects of solar.
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posted on
07/01/2023 7:45:30 AM PDT
by
rktman
To: rktman
Someone post the pic of Nelson Munz (ha ha).
Seriously, HaHa!
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posted on
07/01/2023 7:50:07 AM PDT
by
waterhill
(Stop waiting for the right time, time is not waiting for you.)
To: rktman
I watched videos of people in Texas who, in winter, suffered a loss of electricity because of enviroNazis "Green" energy initiatives. They were suffering because of liberal sloth, indolence and stupidity.
Solar. Wind power. EVs. It's all a novelty, but is never going to replace petroleum and nuclear power.
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posted on
07/01/2023 7:52:23 AM PDT
by
LouAvul
(Daniel 4:17: "..the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will.." )
To: rktman
No problem; just put them inside!
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posted on
07/01/2023 7:52:47 AM PDT
by
budj
(Combat vet, second of three generations.)
To: rktman
They should make the entire solar farm out of whatever those two remaining panels are made from.
Wonder if it was insured?
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posted on
07/01/2023 7:52:55 AM PDT
by
texas booster
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To: rktman
How about the 1000’s of gallons of glycophosphate weed control necessary to keep the panels functioning. It will be a toxic waste dump.
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posted on
07/01/2023 7:54:45 AM PDT
by
DariusBane
(Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
To: texas booster
Thanks for posting the pic.
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posted on
07/01/2023 7:54:53 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
To: DariusBane
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posted on
07/01/2023 7:55:49 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
To: rktman
Solar has its place. When I lived in Florida, I had solar panels on my roof for my screened in pool. Not electric - water from the filter flowed up to the black rubber panels, heated and returned warmer to the pool. The place for solar is NOT to replace reliable natural gas and oil, or nuclear.
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posted on
07/01/2023 7:56:19 AM PDT
by
FatherofFive
(I support Trump. Not the GOP)
To: rktman
Anyone notice anything odd about all these pics?
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posted on
07/01/2023 7:56:26 AM PDT
by
GMThrust
To: GMThrust; Red Badger; SunkenCiv; Liz; Kaslin; BenLurkin; NicknamedBob; Lazamataz
No, the damage looks about right for randomly falling large hail dropping on horizontal plastic coated glass panels.
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posted on
07/01/2023 8:01:49 AM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
To: GMThrust
Obviously you do, so why keep us all in suspense?
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posted on
07/01/2023 8:03:02 AM PDT
by
tenger
(If we don't stay on 'em, they'll get it wrong. -Joe Soucheray)
To: rktman
What kind of dumbass builds what is basically a 10 acre glass window in that location? Large hail is practicality a guarantee.
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posted on
07/01/2023 8:04:55 AM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
To: FatherofFive
Does Florida get hailstorms?
In Texas, there’s no way I would install solar panels with all the hailstorms we get here.
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posted on
07/01/2023 8:05:44 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: GMThrust
C’mon Mr. Monk! Clue us in! lol
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posted on
07/01/2023 8:06:00 AM PDT
by
alstewartfan
("She looks like she's 19 years old, sitting there like a lady with her lbegs crossed." Creepy Joe)
To: rktman
Yah, I laughed. Like the treehugger idiots in Tx who installed windmills that could not withstand winter.
Baseload plants (e.g., dams, coal, gas, nuke, etc.) all have to plan for all sorts of ......... not quite normal events like floods, quakes, etc. But, the bribe-taking morons who salivate over this “sustainable” BS don’t bother.
Only a few places in the US do not have hail storms.
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posted on
07/01/2023 8:06:39 AM PDT
by
bobbo666
(Baizuo)
To: rktman
This never seems to happen to coal plants. We should look into coal as a source of energy in the future.
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posted on
07/01/2023 8:07:09 AM PDT
by
ArcadeQuarters
(You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
To: rktman
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posted on
07/01/2023 8:07:30 AM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
To: DesertRhino
Large hail is practicality a guarantee.It’s a law of nature, just like mobile homes cause tornados and laboratory mice cause cancer. 😂
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posted on
07/01/2023 8:11:04 AM PDT
by
ConservativeInPA
(Delay Trump’s trial, delay. Elect Trump President. Trump pardons himself.)
To: rktman
The weather puts a crimp in the econuts plans. Ah delicious irony!
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posted on
07/01/2023 8:11:07 AM PDT
by
xp38
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