venturebeat.com— A secretive Hayward, Calif. company has just announced it will build the largest solar power “farm” in North America, using solar cells manufactured in Silicon Valley.
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They're retarded if they build it in Sarnia.To build it in the Great Lakes Region is stupid. To build it directly East of Lake Huron would be very stupid.The amount of water vapor in the air in that area is enormous. Overcast days are the norm. It rains a LOT.When a cloud comes between a solar collector and the sun, the power taken in goes down 8-10X.What a colossal waste of money. Build it in Saskatchewan or Manitoba just north of the 49th parallel. They'll have a lot more clear days there and the land is even cheaper.
I spent years in the solar industry and quit because I couldn't stand the scamming. No, solar panels don't last 30 years. That's total BS put out by solar power execs. In reality half the panels will be degraded in 15 years, and in one good hailstorm or serious blizzard, you'll lose 20% overnight.Solar is a scam. Weather and maintenance costs are astronomical and the solar industry refuses to admit it because they are scooping up the bucks. It really doesn't matter how cheap the cells are. Just the infrastructure and maintenance and land and power conversion make it a losing proposition.Sorry to all you wishful thinking solar proponents. What you are advocating doesn't actually work in real-life conditions, and never will. Nuclear power, on the other hand, has an incredible growth curve. Just last month somebody learned how to DOUBLE the energy output of current nuclear pellets, just by drilling a cooling channel in the middle. That's a 100% fuel efficiency jump in a single invention. That's the kind of incredible engineering leverage that nuclear power has.
People need to get over 3 Mile and realize that nuclear is the best power source available on our planet. The technology is available RIGHT NOW. People should quit trying to cram less efficient alternatives down our throats, nuclear is the alternative source and we've known how to use it for 60+ years.
surfer51Apr 29, 2007
One word why you are so dead wrong...Chernobyl<a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl</a>Firsthand pictures of the aftermath of Chernobyl:<a class="user" href="http://www.kiddofspeed.com/">http://www.kiddofspeed.com/</a>
marmanukemApr 29, 2007
Nuclear power produces no greenhouse gas emissions.
happyscrappyApr 29, 2007
They're retarded if they build it in Sarnia.To build it in the Great Lakes Region is stupid. To build it directly East of Lake Huron would be very stupid.The amount of water vapor in the air in that area is enormous. Overcast days are the norm. It rains a LOT.When a cloud comes between a solar collector and the sun, the power taken in goes down 8-10X.What a colossal waste of money. Build it in Saskatchewan or Manitoba just north of the 49th parallel. They'll have a lot more clear days there and the land is even cheaper.
megaloidApr 29, 2007
Breeders are definitely the best option in order to stave off a worldwide uranium shortage in the years to come.
vertinoxApr 29, 2007
We could use a super microwave dish to send the power to the surface.Of course if you moved the array by accident you might have a scene out of Akira.
thomasrexApr 29, 2007
I spent years in the solar industry and quit because I couldn't stand the scamming. No, solar panels don't last 30 years. That's total BS put out by solar power execs. In reality half the panels will be degraded in 15 years, and in one good hailstorm or serious blizzard, you'll lose 20% overnight.Solar is a scam. Weather and maintenance costs are astronomical and the solar industry refuses to admit it because they are scooping up the bucks. It really doesn't matter how cheap the cells are. Just the infrastructure and maintenance and land and power conversion make it a losing proposition.Sorry to all you wishful thinking solar proponents. What you are advocating doesn't actually work in real-life conditions, and never will. Nuclear power, on the other hand, has an incredible growth curve. Just last month somebody learned how to DOUBLE the energy output of current nuclear pellets, just by drilling a cooling channel in the middle. That's a 100% fuel efficiency jump in a single invention. That's the kind of incredible engineering leverage that nuclear power has.
irvman21Apr 30, 2007
People need to get over 3 Mile and realize that nuclear is the best power source available on our planet. The technology is available RIGHT NOW. People should quit trying to cram less efficient alternatives down our throats, nuclear is the alternative source and we've known how to use it for 60+ years.
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