Solar Farm #2, dangers involved.

   / Solar Farm #2, dangers involved. #261  
Renewable to me is the source, not the chain.

Some types of "Natural" gases are renewable.
 
   / Solar Farm #2, dangers involved. #262  
People keep saying solar is renewable ?

Is everything used to build the panels and inverters renewable ?

I have no idea, just curious
Renewable in this sense, has come to mean that as the earth rotates it creates a time period of darkness and a time period of daylight. So Solar power is new every morning, renewable! (inexhaustible)..
Firewood is also a renewable, as there are natural regrowth cylces of trees.

Is everything used to build the panels and inverters renewable ?
As with most manufactured products, they would be considered consumables.
For example, the first inverter I owned had a projected lifespan of 10 years (the warranty period). But failed at year 21.
First charge controller failed at 33 years.
Solar panels were replaced at year 38.

I have not had to replace the sun as a source of energy. But when it is needing replacement, I think that all bets are off for all of us. LOL!!🤣
 
   / Solar Farm #2, dangers involved. #263  
The sun isn't renewable. it is finite.
 
   / Solar Farm #2, dangers involved. #265  
People keep saying solar is renewable ?

Is everything used to build the panels and inverters renewable ?

I have no idea, just curious
It's like toilet paper, it's renewable if you take the time to put every item properly in the recycle bin.

Back in the 90s, US Solar with their flexible panels were made with the intention to be recycled. They were the first ones with the patents too and even used by NASA in space.

Otherwise, most panels are not made with renewable materials.
 
   / Solar Farm #2, dangers involved. #266  
People keep saying solar is renewable ?

Is everything used to build the panels and inverters renewable ?

I have no idea, just curious

Wonder if the removal and recycling costs of solar panels is factored into the budgets for them if/when the government subsidizes them with taxpayer money?

Or is the cost of solar only budgeting land confiscation/purchase and installation of all the solar equipment imported from China?

At least a coal fired power plant could be repurposed for natural gas.
 
   / Solar Farm #2, dangers involved. #267  
Wonder if the removal and recycling costs of solar panels is factored into the budgets for them if/when the government subsidizes them with taxpayer money?

Or is the cost of solar only budgeting land confiscation/purchase and installation of all the solar equipment imported from China?

At least a coal fired power plant could be repurposed for natural gas.
Marcellus Shale and or Utica Shale gas
 
   / Solar Farm #2, dangers involved. #268  
Renewable in this sense, has come to mean that as the earth rotates it creates a time period of darkness and a time period of daylight. So Solar power is new every morning, renewable! (inexhaustible)..
Firewood is also a renewable, as there are natural regrowth cylces of trees.

Is everything used to build the panels and inverters renewable ?
As with most manufactured products, they would be considered consumables.
For example, the first inverter I owned had a projected lifespan of 10 years (the warranty period). But failed at year 21.
First charge controller failed at 33 years.
Solar panels were replaced at year 38.

I have not had to replace the sun as a source of energy. But when it is needing replacement, I think that all bets are off for all of us. LOL!!🤣

So I think in terms of commercial energy production for 300+ million people, the solar companies won’t wait for the panels to fail before replacement.
They will probably replace them at a pre-determined time, after they have lost a pre-determined level of efficiency.

The expectations of the solar panel system on Joe Snodgrass’s house probably differs quite a bit from an energy company trying to power Detroit, MI.
 
   / Solar Farm #2, dangers involved.
  • Thread Starter
#269  
Is this the proposed installation? Banjo Creek | Banjo Creek Solar


Video from that website:

That is it except the map that we were shown has the panel area closer to the creeks and edges. Once again, we want 1000' from property lines and not 300' from the front door of neighbors homes.
 
   / Solar Farm #2, dangers involved. #270  
Here's a link to land that's been confiscated for solar installations. It's disturbing.
 

Tractor & Equipment Auctions

U56 ELECTRIC FIRE PUMP (A51406)
U56 ELECTRIC FIRE...
New/Unused Quick Attach Auger with Three Bits (A51573)
New/Unused Quick...
2001 TRIPLE E INDUSTRIES 48X102 TRI-AXLE STEP DECK (A52472)
2001 TRIPLE E...
2010 Ford Edge SE SUV (A51694)
2010 Ford Edge SE...
2025 New/Unused 72in Skid Steer Brush Cutter (A51573)
2025 New/Unused...
2005 CATERPILLAR 321C LCR EXCAVATOR (A51246)
2005 CATERPILLAR...
 
Top