>From the way you describe it, I am inclined to agree that money/resources
maybe better spent in other ways.

In my part of the world however, we get reasonable insolation and large
areas that are relatively barren so perhaps more viable.  My power bill is
less with the 3kW rooftop. There is always night time base load to deal
with and batteries are not there yet for my situation.

On a related subject, The Amp Hour recently interviewed a researcher hoping
to achieve 25% efficiency compared with current 20% technology.  Also
targets simplified installation to again make solar more viable for certain
situations.


On Wed, 20 Mar 2019 11:58 Allen Mulvey <allen@amulvey.com> wrote:

> Justin,
>
> Poor grammar perhaps. How about forests stripped, farmland
> converted. Actually many of the farms around here are
> orchards so perhaps it wasn't so far off. The point is, I
> can't decide it these things are good or bad. Although I am
> leaning toward the latter. I don't think we really need the
> energy. We have some very safe nuclear plants which have
> been operating without event for decades.
>
> Allen
>
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>
> Allen,
>
> I am curious when you say the farmland is stripped and solar
> farms are
> going up.
>
> My image of farmland is one where the land is already
> stripped and the
> panels could fit right in.
>
> Is it trees they farm that need to be stripped?
>
> Justin
>
>
>
> On Mon, 18 Mar 2019 02:36 Allen Mulvey <allen@amulvey.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I live in upstate New York, USA. Recently much of our
> forest
> > and farmland is being stripped and solar farms are going
> up.
> > My daughter, who operates a perennial farm, is concerned
> > about the tons of herbicide used each year to keep the
> area
> > around them clear. Another friend is concerned about the
> > toxic waste produced when they are damaged or discarded.
> > They do not track the sun and much of the year they are
> > covered with ice and snow. Are these things really useful
> or
> > are they merely a product of PC government grants. From a
> > casual perspective, it doesn't seem like they could
> possibly
> > be cost effective.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks for your opinions,
> >
> > Allen
> >
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