It does seem silly to me to see the high end homes here plastered with solar panels (48th parallel) and plug in for the Tesla or Leaf parked in the driveway. I did learn that Seattle gets the same amount of insolation as Alaska (as a whole). Seattle gets light year round of the same effective wattage as Alaska, being light only half the time there. First week of November past some idiot (AK) who just put panels on his roof was crowing about how he had generated 4kw that week. He was all excited to rush down to Seattle to purchase a used Leaf for $10k (there is a reason the off lease car was cheap). I kept my mouth shut about how I hoped he would be walking or riding his bike all winter, as the panels were not going to power his car. Not in the -17c cold that Anchorage is having this week.
clay > On Dec 27, 2019, at 1:00 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > I recently saw an analysis that solar installations north of the 35th > parallel were a net CO2 loss, when all the CO2 emitted during production and > installation were compared to the same power provided by coal or one of the > other fossil fuels. In other words, installing solar panels to replace > electricity currently generated by fossil fuels will INCREASE the amount of > CO2 released into the atmosphere, when the solar panels are installed north > of 35 degrees. > > > Max Dillon > Charleston SC _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
