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Spin Zone / Re: More Ukraine Clusterfuck
« on: April 12, 2024, 09:20:01 AM »
Joe cracks me up. “Solar is a bad word because liberals like it.” Hahahaha!
First, solar is not a bad word. It works great for guys in off-grid settings who don’t have huge household power needs.
I’m in a sunny part of our state, and even with rooftops covered with solar panels people can’t run their homes with the power produced, much less charge their cars. The solar panel homeowners sell the trickle of power to the utility company to put in the grid and then sell back to them.
We know a guy who spent $28,000 to put up the panels. Later he had to move, so never realized that investment in any sort of payback. Plus, complaints are being lodged right and left against the solar panel installers. They’re grifters to a high degree. Reports of damage to roofs and failures to meet promised commitments for repairs and maintenance are common. Access to state and local government energy “rebates” and “incentives” is as tempting to grifters as all the other government largesse schemes. The companies set up in storefronts, make their killings, and vanish. And we the taxpayers and rate payers fund the government participation in this. So.
Have you ever seen the photos of massive solar farms demolished by hailstorms? Have you ever seen a solar panel boneyard? What are the panels made of, and how does their decomposition affect the earth and water?
Joe will say solar is a young industry and has great potential. True. He also doesn’t believe in mandates by stupid, invasive and controlling government entities. Great! Trouble is, our idiot governor has decreed that $89 million will be used to build EV chargers throughout the state. A state with grid problems. The same governor is banning use of natural gas for heating and cooking. He also is trying to eliminate ICE vehicles any way he can. And we’re back where we started. Funneling everyone onto one source of energy, thus creating energy insecurity.
Multiple sources, strong sources, recoverable and sustainable sources. Without a variety of ways to produce and access energy, we are weakened.
First, solar is not a bad word. It works great for guys in off-grid settings who don’t have huge household power needs.
I’m in a sunny part of our state, and even with rooftops covered with solar panels people can’t run their homes with the power produced, much less charge their cars. The solar panel homeowners sell the trickle of power to the utility company to put in the grid and then sell back to them.
We know a guy who spent $28,000 to put up the panels. Later he had to move, so never realized that investment in any sort of payback. Plus, complaints are being lodged right and left against the solar panel installers. They’re grifters to a high degree. Reports of damage to roofs and failures to meet promised commitments for repairs and maintenance are common. Access to state and local government energy “rebates” and “incentives” is as tempting to grifters as all the other government largesse schemes. The companies set up in storefronts, make their killings, and vanish. And we the taxpayers and rate payers fund the government participation in this. So.
Have you ever seen the photos of massive solar farms demolished by hailstorms? Have you ever seen a solar panel boneyard? What are the panels made of, and how does their decomposition affect the earth and water?
Joe will say solar is a young industry and has great potential. True. He also doesn’t believe in mandates by stupid, invasive and controlling government entities. Great! Trouble is, our idiot governor has decreed that $89 million will be used to build EV chargers throughout the state. A state with grid problems. The same governor is banning use of natural gas for heating and cooking. He also is trying to eliminate ICE vehicles any way he can. And we’re back where we started. Funneling everyone onto one source of energy, thus creating energy insecurity.
Multiple sources, strong sources, recoverable and sustainable sources. Without a variety of ways to produce and access energy, we are weakened.