Remind us of the foolishnesses from Hollywood that man could land on the moon.
Posted on 03/01/2008 3:28:56 AM PST by PeaceBeWithYou
Sunny Outlook: Can Sunshine Provide All U.S. Electricity?
I tried to find that story with the keyword solar. I had to do it the hard way using my name and the keyword energy. It was solarpower that I failed to remember.
EXACTLY!
Remind us of the foolishnesses from Hollywood that man could land on the moon.
I met a young man with a UT degree in agriculture who lives on a few acres but farms on leased land all over the place.
I don’t know how well he does, but he is in the business on gentlemen farmers land and they apparently are happy to be paid some money to rent their idle land.
He was in the business he wanted to be in
” Remind us of the foolishnesses from Hollywood that man could land on the moon.”
I believe you are referring to Jules Vern’s BOOK. I’d like to see you go to the moon using his technology.
The concept of solar power is great for pool heaters and such. Large scale energy production via solar remains questionable after decades of trying.
As far as "generate enough power per sf", do you have any such metric for say coal fired plants? I mean, considering the railroad beds, the strip mines, the physical power plants, the grave lots for dead miners, etc. Or perhaps nukes, I mean who wants to live under the shadow of a cooling tower? And, how many acres per MW are consumed by mining, milling, shipping and guarding uranium and its spent substance? Do you have a metric to compare?
Only when the baddies are flying over to bomb our cities, then the national guard will fight them off by aiming the mirrors at their planes.
and then by 365 (for kWh per year - the quoted measure). Of course there also is the small mistake in that 1 mW = 1000 kW.
Appreciated. If they are building on farmland, then agree with you that they should have used desert. Arizona has plenty of open land that would great for the location of a solar plant.
All the heat in concentrated on a boiler section which generates superheated steam, which runs turbines.
The mirrors track the sun and focus the heat on the boiler, like a magnifying lens on an ant.
I remember sending many of them up in smoke.
Easy technology, given today’s computer controlled tracking systems, and efficient motors moving the mirrors.
Freznel lens would help too.
“It has been proven, soil and items living within it die when cut off from the suns raiant energy.”
Grass doesn’t grow under a cedar tree.
“Grass doesn’t grow under a cedar tree.”
Also oak trees will kill the grass, but the primary cause isn’t lack of sunshine. These trees suck up a lot of water.
Uhhhh...just ask yourself what grows in the Arizona desert——besides cactus, of course. I lived there for 3 years——better to “grow” solar power there.
Any dust covering solar panels in the desert can easily be blown away by the wind turbines.......hahahaha
Speaking of Homeless, Gila Bend could use the infusion. I was stationed there a number of years back and that town was pretty damn desolate. I enjoyed the freedom of 4 wheeling on a moments notice and defending myself at 1AM at the local watering holes. A big ass solar plant would be wild. I’m for it if it can be cost-effective.
Mine's about $5/mo.
But then again, I do have a PV array on the roof...
Nice! I’m waiting till a system like that here in NC has about a 5-7 year payback and then I may purchase a system. Right now I’ve calculated it at 15 years with 4% annual increase in electricity each year.
I have a solar heating system for the pool. That works pretty well. Not sure if PV arrays would make it through a hurricane though.
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