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Posted on: June 14, 2022 at 15:38:09 CT

Spanky KU

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My neighbor installed solar on his east facing roof (against my advice) in order to preserve 'curb appeal' That forced him to add more panels on his east facing roof vs his south facing roof and boost his battery capacity.

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Has anyone ever heard of a number of acres of land - Bulldog Bob Brown STL - 6/14 14:44:23

Solar is a waste no matter where it is. Read my posts (nm) - TigerFan92 STL - 6/14 22:48:23

Hell, drive I-70 and see for yourself........nm - tigertix MU - 6/14 16:20:17

Cover irrigation canals with solar panels - Rabbit Test MU - 6/14 15:50:07

Just use the national parks land - El-ahrairah BAMA - 6/14 15:49:35

Is this happening somewhere? - DC Jayhawk KU - 6/14 15:34:27

its a dishonest strAwman - JG A - 6/14 15:49:56

zero - JG A - 6/14 15:22:02

Oh and there are thousands of miles of canals in the west - JG A - 6/14 15:28:15

jgDeepStaters think only in LIES - mu4ever DUKE - 6/14 15:24:12

Liars add JG to ANYTHING they dislike - JG A - 6/14 15:25:30

less corn for feed = less cows = less cow farts. - dangertim MU

- 6/14 15:08:51

China Joe doesn't GAF (nm) - Fourth and Long MU - 6/14 14:55:46

Already being done with ethanol and biodiesel(nm) - DollarSigns MU - 6/14 14:54:38

RE: Already being done with ethanol and biodiesel(nm) - MUEE MU - 6/14 19:13:36

those can be far worse - meatiger MU - 6/14 15:12:28

Most of what I have seen in MN for solar farms - meatiger MU - 6/14 14:52:38

They are not on crop land, but the land is good for - tman MU - 6/14 15:00:45

I have either seen them - meatiger MU - 6/14 15:04:28

We are trying to save the planet here. Your petty concerns - hokie VT - 6/14 14:49:08

I’ll sell them five acres for $200000/acre - redngray MU - 6/14 14:53:02

Only Hunter Biden can make deals like that. Nm - hokie VT - 6/14 14:56:50

Approximately 5 acres of land per megawatt of solar(nm) - Spanky KU - 6/14 14:46:38

I'm not up to speed on what a megawatt would power. - Bulldog Bob Brown STL - 6/14 14:49:04

190 - 200 homes(nm) - Spanky KU - 6/14 14:50:39

So a square mile of solar can power ~128K homes 24x7? - Bulldog Bob Brown STL - 6/14 15:06:07

We would need only 10 million acres of land (or only 0.4% - Spanky KU - 6/14 15:26:59

Rooftop solar augmented with storage takes care of 100% of - Spanky KU - 6/14 15:20:52

IF the entire roof is built facing south(nm) - tigerinhogtown STL - 6/14 15:27:04

Nope - Spanky KU - 6/14 15:38:09

My understanding is batteries are horrible right now - meatiger MU - 6/14 15:43:55

Horrible how? - Spanky KU - 6/14 15:57:31

Expensive - meatiger MU - 6/14 16:03:47

It is a battery and they lose power over time. Cost has - Spanky KU - 6/14 16:16:00

who has suggested we need to be exclusively solar - meatiger MU - 6/14 15:14:25