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2018-12-26 Science & Technology

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Posted by Anomalous Sources 2018-12-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Passive solar heating/cooling shows promise if designed into the original structure (for example install a solar water heater or a Solar Chimney). Solar electric has its niche usages but always seems to be the Technology of the Future™.

Posted by magpie 2018-12-26 00:24|| 2018-12-26 00:24|| Front Page Top

#2 And recycling benefits us how?

Posted by DooDahMan 2018-12-26 00:49|| 2018-12-26 00:49|| Front Page Top

#3 I forgot to mention this little beauty. "...The 30 percent tax credit on solar panels that were supposed to expire in 2016 has been extended all the way to 2019."

And this is only at the Federal level. States and Munis may be handing out additional Blue Pills

Call your local Building Department and get the stix on Photovoltatic permits issued Y/Y. This will give y-o-u some indication as to where your tax $ are going.

Posted by Anomalous Sources 2018-12-26 01:22|| 2018-12-26 01:22|| Front Page Top

#4 To understand this properly, we need to compare the disposal problems inherent in solar panels to similar problems involved with disposal of wornout computers, TV sets, smartphones & all modern electronic claptrap. Also include what happens during the manufacturing processes of this stuff.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-12-26 06:22|| 2018-12-26 06:22|| Front Page Top

#5 This is why I laugh at environmentalists. I also point out their fancy cell phones and tablets are chock full of oil products and considered hazardous waste due to batteries and rare earth metals.

Posted by Silentbrick 2018-12-26 07:54|| 2018-12-26 07:54|| Front Page Top

#6 All forms of energy production have pros and cons. Solar in use is nice and clean. The manufacturing and disposal not as much. Nuclear has the issue of fuel rods and the general low level waste. Hydro has its own issues. About the cleanest over all is probably some sort of solar termal. Using mirrors to heat a working fluid to run a steam turbine. Maybe one day we will finally have workable fusion

Posted by Cheaderhead 2018-12-26 11:35|| 2018-12-26 11:35|| Front Page Top

#7 @#6: Enter PETA:

This Mojave Desert solar plant kills 6,000 birds a year. Here's why that won't change any time soon

Posted by Anomalous Sources 2018-12-26 13:11|| 2018-12-26 13:11|| Front Page Top

#8 Solar power doesn't "Scale" very well. A solar cell on a pocket calculator is well and good, on a single family dwelling it is iffy, and on a commercial scale energy supplier that needs to run 24/7/365 it is a joke. Maybe the develop of orbiting Solar Power Satellites will be a solution, but on Earth... Dream on.

Posted by magpie 2018-12-26 14:48|| 2018-12-26 14:48|| Front Page Top

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