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Holy smoke and mirrors: Solar panels THREE TIMES more carbon intensive than natgas?
hotair.com ^ | 7/24/2023 | Beege Welborn

Posted on 07/25/2023 9:15:40 AM PDT by rktman

Talk about being sold a bill of duds.

Michael Shellenberger (that wonderful, courageous man) had a series of tweets this afternoon and I could not believe my eyes.

"People say solar panels don't produce carbon emissions, but they do. And now, a major new investigation by Environmental Progress, drawing on the research of @enricomariutti, finds that solar panels made in China produce at least 3x more carbon emissions than IPCC claims."

The report from Environmental Progress points out a fatal flaw in the solar panel data all of this frenzied switch to renewables is based on: it’s either industry sourced, not independantly verified, OR…it just flat out DOESN’T EXIST...

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To: dfwgator

A two to three minute hail storm in Nebraska wiped out 15,000 solar panels. No word if they were insured or under warranty.


21 posted on 07/25/2023 10:58:30 AM PDT by EandH Dad (sleeping giants wake up REALLY grumpy)
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To: Keyhopper

Good luck getting home insurance in Florida, period.


22 posted on 07/25/2023 11:02:36 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

I see solar panels on roofs here in DFW and I think, “Sucks to be you when the next hailstorm comes.”
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Someone decided to jump on the GriftTrain to “Save the Planet” and is building a solar farm on the Gulf Coast out here. Besides HAIL damage, I’m wondering how aerodynamic a solar panel is once it’s ripped from its support by 50 to 120 mph winds of a tropical storm or hurricane.
How far will it fly?
I hear youtube’s Project Farm voice “Let’s Find Out!”


23 posted on 07/25/2023 11:03:28 AM PDT by JCL3 (As Richard Feynman might have said, this is reality taking precedence over public relations.)
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To: rktman

bttt


24 posted on 07/25/2023 11:03:59 AM PDT by Pajamajan ( PRAY FOR OUR NATION. Never bghte aBernie slave in a new Socialist America)
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To: JCL3

There was a heartwarming pic a couple weeks ago of a Nebraska solar facility totaled by baseball sized hail. Hail, of course, caused by glow-bull warming no doubt. 🤔😳


25 posted on 07/25/2023 11:07:02 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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To: fireman15

Do we have a simple pounds of carbon dioxide per total kilowatt hour produced over a specified (and assumed) lifespan, for the silicon panels?

That’s the number needed.


26 posted on 07/25/2023 11:29:49 AM PDT by old-ager
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To: Organic Panic

Yes, and people might think all of that is a “one-time cost” to produce the solar cell, but solar cells have a pretty limited lifetime. Once it breaks, you get all those emissions all over again when you replace it.


27 posted on 07/25/2023 11:36:42 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: rktman

Bttt


28 posted on 07/25/2023 11:48:25 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ( If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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To: old-ager
Do we have a simple pounds of carbon dioxide per total kilowatt hour produced over a specified (and assumed) lifespan, for the silicon panels?

That number would vary greatly depending on the location and placement of the panels and maintenance to keep them clean and in good repair. Rest assured that the assumptions made by proponents are based on the panels being placed in mounts that track the sun from sunrise to sunset in a place that has no clouds, low humidity, and pollution and is close to the equator... It is not possible to rely on the numbers being supplied by manufacturers or proponents. Everything related to “renewable energy” is exaggerated to the nth degree.

29 posted on 07/25/2023 12:03:24 PM PDT by fireman15 (Irritating people are the grit from which we fashion our pearl. I provide the grit. You're Welcome.)
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