Posted on 10/02/2022 12:56:24 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
— Anthony Grande moved away from Fort Myers three years ago in large part because of the hurricane risk. He has lived in southwest Florida for nearly 19 years, had experienced Hurricanes Charley in 2004 and Irma in 2017 and saw what stronger storms could do to the coast.
Grande told CNN he wanted to find a new home where developers prioritized climate resiliency in a state that is increasingly vulnerable to record-breaking storm surge, catastrophic wind and historic rainfall.
What he found was Babcock Ranch — only 12 miles northeast of Fort Myers, yet seemingly light years away.
Babcock Ranch calls itself “America’s first solar-powered town.” Its nearby solar array — made up of 700,000 individual panels — generates more electricity than the 2,000-home neighborhood uses, in a state where most electricity is generated by burning natural gas, a planet-warming fossil fuel.
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Project Veritas showed how CNN said they would propagandize for this global warming climate crisis belief when the Russian Collusion propaganda campaign ended.
This is a perfect example of non-news propaganda.
“Storms are getting bigger and bigger” he says, without evidence.
People are getting stupider and stupider, and there’s plenty of evidence.
I’ve been there. BS is what it is.
Is it the place where Old Hippies go to die ? Like the elephant graveyard ,LOL
Even if they’re intact, the panels will likely need cleaning.
If those are on the roof that’s gonna be tons o’fun...
Everyone, hurry up and go out and buy solar panels so all the out of work coal miners can have a job.
I think these panels are connected to the grid. That means if the grid goes down these panels have to be cut off for the power company to work on the grid connections. The only way I see it that the community keeps power is that they can become off grid. The article mentions that some houses added battery back up suggesting to me that the community does not have the capability to go off grid. So grid down, most houses SOL.
700,000 individual panels for 2000 houses? What is the foot print of 700000 panels? Why do I not believe anything coming out of CNN?
fossil fuel.
No.
Fossil has nothing to do with it.
It’s abiotic.
Sheesh.
5.56mm
It’s true. They suffered no loss of power due to Ian. They lost power before Ian got close.
What!?......Solar panel farms need maintenance??!!
How much is that gonna cost I wonder. 🤔
So modular self-sufficiency is bad? People not being dependent upon an external grid is bad? Technology is bad?
Do you have any source that says this is wrong?
Tesla roof is rated 166 mph winds (Class F). This is the highest rating
https://www.tesla.com/solarroof
Battery storage can store the charge, for days. As soon as the sun comes out, charging resumes.
1. It’s Florida, the sunshine state.
2. 700,000 panels to supply electricity to 2000 homes. By extrapolation, the current metro area population of Tampa (2,945,000) would require over a billion panels.
3. As per the article, they had “minimal damage”. Solar panels are not impervious to damage from flying debris or 150 mph winds.
Journalists and comedians have a lot in common, though at least comedians are entertaining.
...a state that is increasingly vulnerable to record-breaking storm surge, catastrophic wind and historic rainfall.
Exactly. I live in Oklahoma and I have seen many homes that are virtually intact just a few yards from a home that has been leveled by a tornado. So if I took a picture of the intact house, could I claim that it survived the 200 mph winds due to it’s construction? Utter BS!
I’d worry less about expense and more about injuries to DIYers who can’t or won’t get someone to do it for them.
Kitson envisioned it to be an eco-conscious
Eco-conscious? Except for all that animal habitat that has been taken over by solar panels.
They had to have got real lucky with that storm. The eye must have rolled right over it.
Wonder if that’s a legitimate picture. It is CNN.
Can’t imagine the cost of all of that and how much taxpayers, from who knows where, helped out with tax breaks/incentives.
I saw a meme somewhere today showing a house, with solar panels, that was apparently on a golf course. Panels were toast. Tried to look it up but found all sorts of pics showing panels destroyed by hail.
So, a Cat 5 hurricane bullseye’s right on Ft Meyers, debris flying everywhere and no damage to that solar farm. Hmmmmm.
Depending upon where you live, the viability is Solar changes. In some places that don’t get a lot of sunshine (ie. Seattle) the justification is more difficult than others (Florida, California, Texas etc).
Solar installations vary, some connect to the grid to power the inverters (converts DC to AC). No power on the grid, you are dark. Cheaper, and the power you generate is sold to your power provider (at a discount). You sell 100kw, you may get credit for 75kw
The other, more expensive route is energy storage such as a Tesla PowerVault. You connect to external power to help charge, but at time point the software switche to your panels or batteries in the PowerVault. How long your PowerVault lasts is a variable you control. How often does the sun shine in your area? Where I live, we seldom see more than 2 days without bright sunshine; so my solution may not be your solution
But the need for a generator may unnecessary for you. Immediate cost investment is cheaper for a generation. 25 yrs down the road, the cost of ownership changes. It all depends
Question for anyone: Does FL mandate residential solar set ups be on or off grid...?
Because if folks are the former, and their area is out of power, the homeowners are still SOL...
I saw a youtube video where A guy decided to use the solar energy during the day to fill up a large (50+ gallon) tank with water using a solar powered trickle pump. The idea was to allow the water to generate power via gravity as needed. He said it worked, but it was really ugly on his roof, so he got these big plastic mirror panels that helped it blend into the sky.
But the funny part was at the end he said how much power was stored in this “water” battery. It was the equivalent of one AA BATTERY!
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