Oho, this is rich.
As noted on The View From Arlen:
...[now] all the global warming on earth won't make those solar powered white elephants do what the enviros wanted.
If you asked my opinion--and no one in Ithaca ever would--the solution is to move the solar panels, all right...to a building in Florida.
Sell the panels on ebay and cut the county's losses.
Of course, that would mean that a group of liberal politicians would have to admit they were wrong....and the odds of that happening are, pardon the pun, pretty dim.
Ithaca is the City of Evil.
To: governsleastgovernsbest; LibKill; gaspar; bentfeather; NativeNewYorker; drjimmy; Atticus; ...
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
Anybody have any idea what the pay-back on a $550,000.00 investment in solar panels is? I realize to these people, ROI was never part of the equation, it's all about feeling good and protecting the environment blah, blah, blah.
Are they for generating electricity or for heating water? Are they practical in any way at all?
To: Behind Liberal Lines
BIG TIME LOONY BIN BUMPS
PI$$ off a Liberal, hang flags inside every window in your home!
:-)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
I know Ithaca is sort of north-ish in NY state. I’ve never been there. I’m familiar with Watertown and Canton, both of which are more north/northeast than Ithaca from what I know.
The point is that Watertown has had snow in September, and also had snow in June from what I’m told - and every month in between. They essentially have a small window in which they have “good” weather. The rest is overcast/snow. My understanding is that moisture is picked up from lake Ontario and dumped there.
Snow isn’t good if it’s on your solar panels. You can clear it, but it’s usually overcast when snowing, so a clear panel doesn’t operate optimally. It snows a lot there. It’s overcast a lot there. It’s beautiful country (especially Canton), but isn’t solar panel country. Go to Death Valley or the Mojave if you’d like an example of good solar country.
Maybe Ithaca doesn’t get nearly the snow as the towns in NY state I’m familiar with. That’s entirely possible. Still, it seems like a crappy place for solar panels to me.
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Not in New Mexico. For the short time I could stand to live there, I saw many people buy property for their "dream house" only to be told that they can't build because it would destroy peoples' views.
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Solar panels in Ithaca?
Probably as useful as an air conditioner in Nome.
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03/20/2003 4:29:34 AM PST by
kidd
To: Behind Liberal Lines
OMG, that is too funny. I haven't laughed this hard in days-- thanks, BLL!! :)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
I agree generally with your views and posting....other than the "send the panels to florida comment". Solar panels have become efficient enough now to be useful even in overcast weather(obviously bright sunlight is still prefered). One could argue about cost-benefit ratios, ect.
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