It’s a shame so many rural NIMBYs are opposed to more solar development. After subsidizing fossil fuels so heavily for 80 years it seems unfair that a few brainwashed suburbanites would altogether ban any new solar development in their counties.
I guess the anti-environmentalists hate playing fair and hate free markets; they prefer Big Government to keep favoring oil and gas.
SUPPORT SLAVERY and Genocide! Go CHINA#1 CCP Slave MFG SOLAR! Show off your SLAVE SOLAR ROOF!===When Clean Energy Is Powered by Dirty Labor==Most solar panels come from China, and using them to fuel a clean energy transition risks reliance on Uyghur slave labor in Xinjiang. https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/04/12/clean-energy-china-xinjiang-uyghur-labor/
Is there any hard information out there on the effective life of solar panels? For instance have the price drops in panel capital cost come at the cost of longevity? Is longevity consistently measured? I’d need to know all this if I was to consider an investment in rooftop solar.
As if the Fossil Fuels economy was not funded by War, taxpayers money and all sorts of private wealth. What a jackass point of view. One way or another the destruction of the earth goes on, and you count money.
Oct 17, 2023·edited Oct 17, 2023Liked by environMENTAL
Thanks for a great article. I had never considered the rude awakening someone with solar disease must get when the rubber hits the road. Expensive piddle power is a lesson we all need to learn to slay them green vampires.
On similar theme, few people see the full context of energy density. Years ago, when the chatter was about inhouse charging stations for one's electric car and they mentioned the power requirements I did the calculations. That 200 amp service to your house give you 48 Kw to play with. Considering that there's few cars that do much without 100 hp and that translates into 74.6 Kws, well, sort of makes one appreciate the number of ponies running around in one's gas tank. 'Course the golf ball of uranium that will power you for life make automobile gas look like puny power. If a few more people could clearly see the full energy picture, I speculate many charlatans would be seen on street corners holding beggar cups.
Another great piece in your library of pulling back the curtain on subsidized businesses. Whether it's "renewable" energy, anti-gravity boots, perpetual motion, or the fountain of youth, tax dollars are easily burned to feed the grifters. With the politician's track record on "investments", it should make people vomit each time one of the enlightened says they know best. They know nothing.
I see on EnergySage that home solar cost for a 10kW Solar Panel System was $2.98 per watt July 2019, $2.76 July 2021, $2.77/w Jan 2022. So this crap they are always telling us that Solar PV price is rapidly decreasing, Moore's Law B.S. just ain't true.
Great piece! Between these shenanigans and the fact that more solar on the grid results in diminished prices for solar power producers and you can see a trainwreck developing.
Oct 16, 2023·edited Oct 16, 2023Liked by environMENTAL
Rooftop solar is an under reported story. Thanks for bringing it to the fore. It's mind boggling that the Carpoff story was never picked up by magazines/ news outlets that purport to undertake serious, investigative journalism - Rolling Stone, NYT, New Yorker, The Atlantic, etc
Our government is an easy target in terms of exposing stupidity, but “Inflation Reduction Act” may be the ultimate in Monty Pythonesque humor. Mind numbingly absurd.
It’s a shame so many rural NIMBYs are opposed to more solar development. After subsidizing fossil fuels so heavily for 80 years it seems unfair that a few brainwashed suburbanites would altogether ban any new solar development in their counties.
I guess the anti-environmentalists hate playing fair and hate free markets; they prefer Big Government to keep favoring oil and gas.
Awesome article Mental, as usual. I enjoy the sarcasm, dark humor, and industry insight. Keep up the good work
Fantastic piece!
SUPPORT SLAVERY and Genocide! Go CHINA#1 CCP Slave MFG SOLAR! Show off your SLAVE SOLAR ROOF!===When Clean Energy Is Powered by Dirty Labor==Most solar panels come from China, and using them to fuel a clean energy transition risks reliance on Uyghur slave labor in Xinjiang. https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/04/12/clean-energy-china-xinjiang-uyghur-labor/
Is there any hard information out there on the effective life of solar panels? For instance have the price drops in panel capital cost come at the cost of longevity? Is longevity consistently measured? I’d need to know all this if I was to consider an investment in rooftop solar.
As if the Fossil Fuels economy was not funded by War, taxpayers money and all sorts of private wealth. What a jackass point of view. One way or another the destruction of the earth goes on, and you count money.
Great article. Also see:
Burning Coal and Trees to Make Computer Chips and Solar Panels
https://tucoschild.substack.com/p/burning-coal-and-trees-to-make-computer
Thanks for a great article. I had never considered the rude awakening someone with solar disease must get when the rubber hits the road. Expensive piddle power is a lesson we all need to learn to slay them green vampires.
On similar theme, few people see the full context of energy density. Years ago, when the chatter was about inhouse charging stations for one's electric car and they mentioned the power requirements I did the calculations. That 200 amp service to your house give you 48 Kw to play with. Considering that there's few cars that do much without 100 hp and that translates into 74.6 Kws, well, sort of makes one appreciate the number of ponies running around in one's gas tank. 'Course the golf ball of uranium that will power you for life make automobile gas look like puny power. If a few more people could clearly see the full energy picture, I speculate many charlatans would be seen on street corners holding beggar cups.
i live in CA and STILL get regular calls from solar robots - no surprise i guess w newsom at the helm...
Environmental,
Another great piece in your library of pulling back the curtain on subsidized businesses. Whether it's "renewable" energy, anti-gravity boots, perpetual motion, or the fountain of youth, tax dollars are easily burned to feed the grifters. With the politician's track record on "investments", it should make people vomit each time one of the enlightened says they know best. They know nothing.
I call Bull****!
Cannot "Like" or quote this post enough!
I see on EnergySage that home solar cost for a 10kW Solar Panel System was $2.98 per watt July 2019, $2.76 July 2021, $2.77/w Jan 2022. So this crap they are always telling us that Solar PV price is rapidly decreasing, Moore's Law B.S. just ain't true.
Great piece! Between these shenanigans and the fact that more solar on the grid results in diminished prices for solar power producers and you can see a trainwreck developing.
Rooftop solar is an under reported story. Thanks for bringing it to the fore. It's mind boggling that the Carpoff story was never picked up by magazines/ news outlets that purport to undertake serious, investigative journalism - Rolling Stone, NYT, New Yorker, The Atlantic, etc
Our government is an easy target in terms of exposing stupidity, but “Inflation Reduction Act” may be the ultimate in Monty Pythonesque humor. Mind numbingly absurd.
If you have not seen it, watch this interview with Nobel Laureate John Clauser on CO2's effect on "global warming." The entire war on fossil fuels (of which the solar energy subsidy scam is a part) is based on fraud masquerading as science. https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/nobel-laureate-john-clauser-there-is-no-climate-emergency-climate-models-miss-one-key-variable-5486017