Posted on 07/06/2019 8:58:18 AM PDT by Kaslin
A transition to renewable energy sources is a likely scenario if the anti-fossil establishment manages to persuade lawmakers to implement their green energy policies.
Given the high probability, and the transitions already happening in some countries, it is high-time for us to inspect the functional and operational efficiency of renewable sources, especially the highly acclaimed solar installations.
The Renewable Craze
The so called “craze” about renewable energy is a myth. The top users of fossil fuels are still actively generating power from fossil fuel and are also helping other countries to develop fossil fuel technology.
The major reasons for this are the high cost associated with installation and generating power, and the unreliable nature of the power generated.
The sun sends out abundant energy, yet solar energy can be generated only during the daytime, and any high-power consuming system must rely on other sources for energy during the night. The current industry-standard storage technologies are not sufficient to provide backup during the non-generational hours.
Even during the daytime, solar energy cannot meet the demands of densely populated cities. Even worse, they consume a lot of space while generating proportionately less energy than fossil fuels or nuclear.
When it comes to real estate, solar energy is the worst. Nuclear and fossil fuel plants generate the same energy by consuming only a fraction of space that solar consumes.
Despite these practically undesirable aspects, many countries have gone forward and implemented solar at a large scale. Here’s a look at some of these instances where a transition to renewables had resulted in a net irreversible loss.
Solar Failure in Australia and India
Australia saw a spike in domestic solar installations during the past five years. Around 20 percent of Australian homes have installed rooftop solar. But, it came with baggage.
There have been increasing reports of solar installation failures and even proven cases of fire hazard to the homes. Nearly 17 percent of rooftop solar systems were declared “substandard,” and around 3 percent of all installations were deemed unsafe.
Melbourne Fire Brigade has acknowledged that there have been at least 25 fires in the Melbourne metropolitan area in the past five years started by problems with rooftop solar.
A laboratory in Canberra that conducts commercial testing for solar panels said that even some of the trusted brands produced panels that were defective and that it is practically impossible to spot the faulty panels when purchasing.
Observers of the renewable energy market in Australia attribute the failures to the import of poor-quality solar products and the lack of laws requiring strict quality standards.
In Asia, India seems to suffer from similar problems with substandard solar panels. At international climate conferences, India—one of the largest emitters of carbon dioxide—has been vocal and proud about its ambitious 100-gigawatt solar capacity target for 2022.
Yet, on the ground, solar’s future is not so encouraging. Raj Prabhu from Mercom Capital Group—an observer of the Indian energy market—said, “Poor quality installations if not brought under control will affect all installers in the country as word spreads among consumers about unviable projects and poor-quality installs that may not last long. … the current scenario in the residential rooftop segment is untenable.”
Clearly, solar transitions are not panning out as planned. The drawbacks and problems mentioned here are just about the issues related to installation and safety. The inefficiency of solar panels to produce reliable electricity is one of the biggest drawbacks.
The other rarely addressed drawback is the environmental hazard associated with the disposal of used solar panels, which is proving to be more and more difficult and harmful to the environment because of the large amounts of toxic, rare-earth metals in them.
A transition to solar is a recipe for disaster. Wise individual house owners will stay away from solar installations, given the overwhelming evidence of their inefficiency, excessive cost, hazardous nature, and spurious sales of substandard materials.
WUT?! Unpossible! We were promised.
I know a couple people and businesses who put the solar panels on their property.
Buyers remorse is an understatement.
LOL! Poor quality Indian workmanship? Thankfully this doesn't spill over into their programming skills. We'd all be in trouble!
Solar energy is a joke. Even these little flashlights and radios that are suppose to recharge their battery with solar...... junk.
I remember reading that birds get fried on solar panels, since they nistake them for water and try to land on them.
Between solar and wind power, we might be able to seriously deplete the population of noisy little feather balls.
We were promised flying cars, too.
Here in MA, forests are being clear-cut for solar panel farms on the ground. Drive anywhere in MA and you’ll see them.
Nothing wrong with that, I guess. But with all this additional solar power supply online, one would think one’s electrical bill would go down...
...now I’m getting a “solar power surcharge” on my bill.
What a SCAM.
I watched a tv show where they were analyzing unusual video clips.
There was one clip where a camera caught puffs of smoke appearing magically in the air.
Their analysis showed that the puffs of smoke were actually birds flying into the path of a solar collector.
Poof!
but, but, but we have only 11 and a half years left to convert to 100% solar and wind or everyone on planet earth will be dead ...
It should be a requirement that any company purporting to produce “green” technology do so using only green inputs. No diesel mined iron, no diesel electric transport, no coke fired blast furnaces, no fossil powered electricity- NONE! If you call it “green” it can’t be the last inch green, it must be the whole mile green.
And solar cells actually contribute to global warming. They do this because they absorb light that otherwise might have been reflected off the planets surface. IE - they decrease the planets albedo.
Snake Oil for your Roof ,LOL
Just wait until disposal time rolls around. Have to get special permits and a haz mat team to uninstall the stuff? And where ya gonna put it? The ocean?
Putting solar panels up, at least in most of the country, is like buying a Tesla. You don’t buy them to ‘save the planet’, you buy them to HOLD YOUR NOSE UP at the others, at your socials.
I just bought a set of lunar panels from a nice Nigerian company. Should be arriving any day now.
We are real estate appraisers. We have had actual cost data, actual return and electric costs. The actual return in the market, as well as capitalized return on investment, maybe 50% of costs.
The Sun destroys the plastic bits and makes the panels fail
One thing we never hear about WRT solar is the constant tending the solar panels require.
The roof panels must be kept clear of dirt & debris.
Hail storms are lethal.
So, a salesman convinces you solar will save you money.
Now you’re 80 years old, climbing a ladder every week
to clean your solar panels.
Or paying someone to do it.
A guy once tried to sell me a composting toilet. Supposedly saves water. Needs a tractor to clean it & a pit FAR from your house & water well to dump the stuff.
“....now I’m getting a “solar power surcharge” on my bill.
What a SCAM....”
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But think of all the grateful solar panel makers (AKA major donors to leftist globalist causes). We deplorable peasants need to learn our place and our DemocRAT betters have been tasked to do that.
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