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12-26-2023, 8:26pm | #21 | ||||||
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Natural gas is the clear winner here.
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Let me know when an oil field is damaged by hail.
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What a bunch of idiots. They should've put the solar panels indoors!
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Houston is supposedly putting in a solar 'farm' on an old landfill site in Sunnyside, one of the most dangerous areas in the whole country. I'm actually OK with that. Solar isn't a good base load source of power, but in hot, sunny places like Houston, it would seem to be helpful for peak demand, when it's scorching hot and air conditioners are being run to the max. Even though extremely hot weather reduces solar output, at the time we need the most power for all that excess a/c, solar panels are doing their best work.
I'm OK with solar for specific niche situations like this. The land can't be used for anything else productive, and if solar installations like this can pick up the slack, we need fewer 'peaker' plants, expensive to build and maintain, only to be called upon a few times a year as reserve capacity. In most cases, though, I don't see solar making sense. It certainly doesn't make sense for home rooftop here. The ROI is just too....unknown, when you factor in maintenance, extra insurance, extra costs when re-roofing, etc. |
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Having utility content available and productive speaks of low character.
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It really does smell. You don't notice it, but when we work out of town, rural, many times, in the woods, you just notice the air smells clean. It's subtle. Then when you go back, you don't notice right away, but you do eventually notice....it doesn't smell clean anymore.
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