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Oops, Giant Hail Destroys Large Portions of 3,000-Acre Texas Solar Farm, Residents Fear Chemical Leak
Red State ^ | 03/27/24 | Bob Hoge

Posted on 03/27/2024 9:25:10 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: mewzilla
It just gets better and better. From 2017...

Leaching of cadmium and tellurium from cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film solar panels under simulated landfill conditions

21 posted on 03/28/2024 3:23:41 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: SeekAndFind; waterhill
From the EPA website……

Hazardous waste testing on solar panels in the marketplace has indicated that different varieties of solar panels have different metals present in the semiconductor and solder. Some of these metals, like lead and cadmium, are harmful to human health and the environment at high levels. If these metals are present in high enough quantities in the solar panels, solar panel waste could be a hazardous waste under RCRA. Some solar panels are considered hazardous waste, and some are not, even within the same model and manufacturer. Homeowners with solar panels on their houses should contact their state/local recycling agencies for more information on disposal/recycling.

22 posted on 03/28/2024 3:49:38 AM PDT by Envisioning (Carry safe, always carry, everyday, everywhere.)
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To: Envisioning

I’m sure the Chinese only use environmentally friendly materials…/S


23 posted on 03/28/2024 3:50:42 AM PDT by Envisioning (Carry safe, always carry, everyday, everywhere.)
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To: metmom

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24 posted on 03/28/2024 4:39:21 AM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation
C’mon, Texas. Use the oil and natural gas that God blessed you with. The hell with the Chinese made crappy solar panels.

My solar panels were made in Texas. I like decentralized solar (a person installing solar for his own needs). But it’s dumb for the left to make the grid depend on solar. The grid is supposed to be dependable power.

25 posted on 03/28/2024 4:39:28 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Solar farms are an environmental nightmare and eyesore, much like the wind farms .


26 posted on 03/28/2024 5:06:44 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: SeekAndFind

This isn’t the first time this has happened and it won’t be the last. Wind and solar are very important and we need to protect them. I think we should put them underground where they would be safe. If we can save just one valuable panel it would be worth it.


27 posted on 03/28/2024 5:14:51 AM PDT by EandH Dad (sleeping giants wake up REALLY grumpy)
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To: SeekAndFind

Solar panels will never replace dams or power plants. Beside damage from hail and being covered in snow, solar panels have to be kept clean! Can you imagine the time and effort to keep all those solar panels clean..int Texas?


28 posted on 03/28/2024 5:24:21 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The same thing happened last year in the South - the land is now so polluted no food crops can ever be grown on it. Many here challenge the notion that solar panels pollute the land when broken.


29 posted on 03/28/2024 5:33:27 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: wjcsux

“A hail storm in south Texas? Who didn’t see that coming?”

We bought our house in North Texas in late 1996, after hail season. We are on our 5th roof. They were all taken out by hailstorms with golf-ball sized or larger hail.

Anyone building a solar farm in Texas that will not withstand at least golf-ball sized hail should be investigated for criminal negligence if government or shareholder funds were used.


30 posted on 03/28/2024 5:38:54 AM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: Tell It Right

I think solar is stupid even on houses, unless the homeowner bears the entire cost himself.

I am considering it for the Overlanding camper I have on order, simply to charge my battery power pack to run the refrigerator and a couple lights.


31 posted on 03/28/2024 5:57:33 AM PDT by cyclotic (Don’t be part of the problem. Be the entire problem)
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To: SeekAndFind

Most people have no idea how destructive and costly hail can be. Farmers that live areas prone to hail storms well appreciate the devastation that can be wrought by even small hail. Many huge solar farms are located in zones where sunlight exposure is maximized; however, the same areas are also subject to thunderstorms in the spring and summer which can produce large hail.


32 posted on 03/28/2024 6:09:06 AM PDT by Rlsau1
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To: cyclotic
I agree 100% that the solar tax credit and such should be done away with. The government has no business being involved in coercion in any way. Plus, it doesn't help the consumer anyway because it artificially inflates the price the consumer pays (just like tax incentives in other industries do, such as college tuition).

That being said, solar for the home can be done well in certain situations if the homeowner does his homework. In the past 366 days, 80.6% of the power my all-electric home consumed came from homemade power. That includes charging the EV for 15K miles at home, of the 27K miles we drove it. It's cost prohibitive to try to make the home 100% energy self-reliant. But with me having to buy only about 25% of my energy (the 19% of my power I pull from the grid, plus gas for what little we drive the gas pickup around town, plus either power or gas for whichever car we take on trips)... that basically means that the Dims' warmageddon cult energy policies impact my budget only 25% as much. It's motivated my wife and me to try to be more self-reliant in other ways. Such as, we garden more. And we're thinking about a water capture system.

33 posted on 03/28/2024 6:19:07 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Tell It Right

And we’re thinking about a water capture system.

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Would that include peeing in a bucket to save it
for later usages?


34 posted on 03/28/2024 6:31:01 AM PDT by deport
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To: deport

We’re not into that kind of kink LOL


35 posted on 03/28/2024 6:40:35 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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Texas Solar Farms

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An off shore in the Gulf of Mexico.

36 posted on 03/28/2024 6:49:34 AM PDT by deport
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To: SeekAndFind

And when that big yellow ball of heat and light goes down for the night the solar farm produces zero electricity..


37 posted on 03/28/2024 7:04:18 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: wjcsux

We need a huuuuuge Dome cover that sun gets thru but no hail. /s
Yep, Byedone’s next agenda to destroy America.
We’ll have to pay more for the solar- nuts.


38 posted on 03/28/2024 7:50:26 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (Bye done!)
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To: Tell It Right

Silly questions and theories:

Garden’s will be outlawed. Some already are.
Rain water barrels will probably be outlawed. On and on.

Is water recycled? Water goes up and water comes down, right?
Where does the evaporated water go? Can it leave earth’s atmosphere?

What’s still in that rain water? Everything bad?

They’re already talking about our water supplies being threatened from with-in
by newcomers. All nationalities. And we thought Mexico was bad. Now look what Byedone/rinos have put upon us!


39 posted on 03/28/2024 8:11:49 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (Bye done!)
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To: alexander_busek

Yes, I know, I’m saying this version is (imo) a better depiction.


40 posted on 03/28/2024 9:20:44 AM PDT by knarf (I talk to much to be in jeapordy.)
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