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To: MineralMan
Which of their claims do you doubt?

This one

"announced plans to build a production facility with the capacity to make enough solar cells annually to generate 430 megawatts."

Capacity is a weasel word used to prop up their numbers, capacity means yeah sure it will produce 430 megawatts if the earth stops rotating and the sun stays overhead 24-7-365

Typically solar falls below 25% of it's Capacity so we are really talking about 108 megawatts at most, the reality being much less.

Meanwhile, The Palo-Verde Nuclear power plant actually produces 3254 megawatts, so you would need a solar farm over 30x the size just to match one nuclear power plant.

In 1989 solar produced 0.011% of the USA's electricty, since then, even with all the billions in tax breaks, subsidies and grants spent on solar power 17 years later in 2004 it only produced 0.017%. Solar is a waste of time, it's a feel good measure that only makes a completely trivial contribution to addressing our electrical needs.

49 posted on 06/24/2006 12:31:52 PM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: qam1

"Capacity is a weasel word used to prop up their numbers, capacity means yeah sure it will produce 430 megawatts if the earth stops rotating and the sun stays overhead 24-7-365"

They're not talking about a single unit producing 430 megawatts. They're talking about the total of a lot of smaller units doing it. Think about it.


51 posted on 06/24/2006 12:34:22 PM PDT by MineralMan (non-evangelical atheist)
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