I got my first solar cell in 1955. It was something I found at a surplus store. I was 12 and a geek so I was eager to get it and use it. I have had a fascination with solar power ever since, yes, 70 years. Solar for most purposes is impractical except for a large swath of the Southwest. And even there the solar farms go bankrupt because they were never about the green energy and were always subsidy farms not solar farms. Commercial Solar power makes no sense in northern latitudes. But the grifters go where the money is and of course the corruption to get them past any reasonable accountability.
I delved into solar power when I was engineless sailing. A fully charged car battery, 2 of the surplus VW window panels would keep me in cabin lights and nav lights for 4 days. No fancy leds. The VW panels were used with suction cups in the windows of the cars during shipment to keep the batteries up. On any kind of scale it makes no sense. All it is really good for is off grid use and emergency power when you lose grid power. Monetarily it makes absolutely no sense residentially. I looked into it. Enough to power the house during grid down, sell back what we are not using and I would have had a 27 cost recovery period. The panels are warrantied for 20 years.
I use a power washer with the head used for pavement scrubbing. I use a length of PVC tubing over the wand to make it more rigid and easier to handle. Works pretty well, especially on pine pollen.
Had a contract to purchase a home that had solar panels. Long story short: we cancelled the contract because the seller refused to remediate the pigeon shit under all the panels. So bad that it had filled the rain gutter, overflowed, and ran down the back side of the 2 story house and then seeped into the 1/4" gap between the house foundation and the concrete patio. There are sellers and installers of a diamond shaped, black plastic netting that can be custom fit to the edges of the solar panels to keep the pigeons from nesting there. Expensive as hell. Unintended consequence anyone?
The bulk of my 75 years was spent as a N.Y. resident of lands just a bit south of this in Rensselaer County, but I once owned land in the T/O White Creek, so I’m very familiar with this area. Seems to me that winters up there have only meager amounts of sunshine at such a low angle that I can’t believe useful amounts of electricity can be generated by solar. I have some personal experience with the viability of solar power in NY, having done some backyard tinkering when I lived up there. (I now split my time between two Red states - FL and SC) Covering huge tracts of land in NY with panels is folly. And don’t even get me going on wind turbines! Only way you can explain this is to try to follow the money, but they do a damn good job of making that hard to do.
They named it the "Green Movement" because it was nothing more than a way to move Greenbacks from governments to certain special interests. As an example look at the former VP Al Gore's wealth accumulation over the past 1/4 century.
I would say she sure hasn't proven in a big sense that this solar panel place is nothing but stealing them taxpayer bucks - but I sure would bet that way.
She’s a tree hugger so fuck her. Soon she’ll be wearing a burqa, good for her.
How’d I know she’s a tree hugger? Because she was looking for endangered species in that area probably to use to block the construction. Don’t give a damn about either of thems bullshit.
Solar is not good in the west either. In California within 10 years the solar farms are removed, In California on homes the solar panels have to be cleaned, plus the former sending back of power and saving of money has been cut off.
I live 500 yards from NY state in PA, next to Allegany county. I have to work there sometimes and it's where I go for groceries. I see solar farms popping up all over, plus many windmills. When I moved here 25 years ago it was all farmland. I just shake my head.
it's not a solar farm. it's a cover for a satellite relay system. None Such Agency or CIA or the like. maybe DIA. no way to be sure. it tracks the orbit of a satellite that would then cross russia and china.
She has more than just the inaccessibility of their offices. There is also the condition they allowed to leave the land in once they "abandon" the parcel. Which isn't at all good. I haven't gone to her channel yet, but she seems pretty determined to uncover their dirty dealings.
If you are bored on a rainy Saturday afternoon do some research on Billy Gates' land buying subsidiaries. A most interesting exercise in clandestine operations employed by Farmer Bill.
These things are growing up like weeds, in Texas... cows can not graze in the same pasture... now we have a beef shortage...these are the same people that think Door dash will provide all the food...
I got my first solar cell in 1955. It was something I found at a surplus store. I was 12 and a geek so I was eager to get it and use it. I have had a fascination with solar power ever since, yes, 70 years. Solar for most purposes is impractical except for a large swath of the Southwest. And even there the solar farms go bankrupt because they were never about the green energy and were always subsidy farms not solar farms. Commercial Solar power makes no sense in northern latitudes. But the grifters go where the money is and of course the corruption to get them past any reasonable accountability.
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I delved into solar power when I was engineless sailing. A fully charged car battery, 2 of the surplus VW window panels would keep me in cabin lights and nav lights for 4 days. No fancy leds. The VW panels were used with suction cups in the windows of the cars during shipment to keep the batteries up.
ReplyDeleteOn any kind of scale it makes no sense. All it is really good for is off grid use and emergency power when you lose grid power. Monetarily it makes absolutely no sense residentially. I looked into it. Enough to power the house during grid down, sell back what we are not using and I would have had a 27 cost recovery period. The panels are warrantied for 20 years.
...and you have to clean them to maintain efficiency. A challenge if they're mounted on the roof of your home.
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I use a power washer with the head used for pavement scrubbing. I use a length of PVC tubing over the wand to make it more rigid and easier to handle. Works pretty well, especially on pine pollen.
DeleteHad a contract to purchase a home that had solar panels. Long story short: we cancelled the contract because the seller refused to remediate the pigeon shit under all the panels. So bad that it had filled the rain gutter, overflowed, and ran down the back side of the 2 story house and then seeped into the 1/4" gap between the house foundation and the concrete patio. There are sellers and installers of a diamond shaped, black plastic netting that can be custom fit to the edges of the solar panels to keep the pigeons from nesting there. Expensive as hell. Unintended consequence anyone?
DeleteThe bulk of my 75 years was spent as a N.Y. resident of lands just a bit south of this in Rensselaer County, but I once owned land in the T/O White Creek, so I’m very familiar with this area. Seems to me that winters up there have only meager amounts of sunshine at such a low angle that I can’t believe useful amounts of electricity can be generated by solar. I have some personal experience with the viability of solar power in NY, having done some backyard tinkering when I lived up there. (I now split my time between two Red states - FL and SC) Covering huge tracts of land in NY with panels is folly. And don’t even get me going on wind turbines!
ReplyDeleteOnly way you can explain this is to try to follow the money, but they do a damn good job of making that hard to do.
the right people got the tax money and grift from the solar company and thats all that matters.
ReplyDeleteThey named it the "Green Movement" because it was nothing more than a way to move Greenbacks from governments to certain special interests. As an example look at the former VP Al Gore's wealth accumulation over the past 1/4 century.
ReplyDeleteI would say she sure hasn't proven in a big sense that this solar panel place is nothing but stealing them taxpayer bucks - but I sure would bet that way.
ReplyDeleteShe’s a tree hugger so fuck her. Soon she’ll be wearing a burqa, good for her.
ReplyDeleteHow’d I know she’s a tree hugger? Because she was looking for endangered species in that area probably to use to block the construction. Don’t give a damn about either of thems bullshit.
Sometimes, Bear Claw, you have to use the enemies tactics against them.
DeleteLeigh
Whitehall, NY
Give em an inch and they have taken hundreds of miles
DeleteSolar is not good in the west either. In California within 10 years the solar farms are removed, In California on homes the solar panels have to be cleaned, plus the former sending back of power and saving of money has been cut off.
ReplyDeleteIn Colorado there are four standard ways the sellers of solar will "allow" you to buy. Every one of those ways puts the buyer at a big disadvantage.
Deleteanother money soak, answerable to no one, laundering money to the usual suspects in politics.
ReplyDeleteI live 500 yards from NY state in PA, next to Allegany county. I have to work there sometimes and it's where I go for groceries. I see solar farms popping up all over, plus many windmills. When I moved here 25 years ago it was all farmland. I just shake my head.
ReplyDeleteit's not a solar farm. it's a cover for a satellite relay system. None Such Agency or CIA or the like. maybe DIA. no way to be sure. it tracks the orbit of a satellite that would then cross russia and china.
ReplyDeleteShe has more than just the inaccessibility of their offices.
ReplyDeleteThere is also the condition they allowed to leave the land in once they "abandon" the parcel. Which isn't at all good.
I haven't gone to her channel yet, but she seems pretty determined to uncover their dirty dealings.
Leigh
Whitehall, NY
If it weren't for the subsidies and 'virtue signalling', you'd never see solar farms in the northern latitudes.
ReplyDeleteIf you are bored on a rainy Saturday afternoon do some research on Billy Gates' land buying subsidiaries. A most interesting exercise in clandestine operations employed by Farmer Bill.
ReplyDeleteThese things are growing up like weeds, in Texas... cows can not graze in the same pasture... now we have a beef shortage...these are the same people that think Door dash will provide all the food...
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