My favourite solar power article of the day

[Oliver88]

The one modular nuclear plant in the article will produce up to 195 megawatts. For shits and giggles I looked up how many acres of solar panels tp produce a megawatt of electricity. The one research article I read said 8 acres, so 195 megawatts would take 1560 acres. So I wonder is the molten salt reactor or a bunch of solar panels better for the environment? As for our Prime Minister let’s see $295 million to Ford to build electric cars, $20 million for nuclear power hmmmm.

Wow that really puts things into perspective.

1560 acres of solar panels = 1 modular nuclear plant

[flea beetle]

We need small nuclear plants, not solar. Till then, we need to burn organic fuels,,, organic fuels that come from decaying plants and animals from thousands of years ago.

Lingering Legacy: Millions of Toxic Solar Panels That Can’t Be Recycled Destined for Landfills
https://stopthesethings.com/2020/10/10/lingering-legacy-millions-of-toxic-solar-panels-that-cant-be-recycled-destined-for-landfills/amp/

sorry with the dead link,,, here it is hot.

https://stopthesethings.com/2020/10/10/lingering-legacy-millions-of-toxic-solar-panels-that-cant-be-recycled-destined-for-landfills/amp https://stopthesethings.com/2020/10/10/lingering-legacy-millions-of-toxic-solar-panels-that-cant-be-recycled-destined-for-landfills/amp

Just like chuck to skip over the truth, to further his agenda....

[chuckChuck]

And the oil industry doesn't have an agenda?

Why would you want to buy electricity when you can make a lot of your own with solar that will be cheaper and cleaner in the long run?

CNH just put up a solar system in Saskatoon to cover 8% of their electricity for manufacturing! Say Whaaat?

I guess they did this because it doesn't work in dark and cold Saskatoon!

Its the black and white, all or nothing crowd who can't understand the word transition as we add some cleaner renewables like wind, solar where appropriate and still keep using some fossil fuels for awhile yet. Just like Sask Power is doing.

Still using your dial up party lines yet? Or do you have a smart phone? LOL

[furrowtickler]

So we are willing to carbon tax ourselves to oblivion for 8% ? And still have a changing climate

[LEP]

And the oil industry doesn't have an agenda?

Why would you want to buy electricity when you can make a lot of your own with solar that will be cheaper and cleaner in the long run?

CNH just put up a solar system in Saskatoon to cover 8% of their electricity for manufacturing! Say Whaaat?

I guess they did this because it doesn't work in dark and cold Saskatoon!

Its the black and white, all or nothing crowd who can't understand the word transition as we add some cleaner renewables like wind, solar where appropriate and still keep using some fossil fuels for awhile yet. Just like Sask Power is doing.

Still using your dial up party lines yet? Or do you have a smart phone? LOL

This is a place that might make sense. A facility that uses massive amounts of energy at on demand rates.

But on my farm with a shop, house a few yardlights and 15 areation fans my power bill is just over $3000 annually. It probably makes less sense.

[Hamloc]

And the oil industry doesn't have an agenda?

Why would you want to buy electricity when you can make a lot of your own with solar that will be cheaper and cleaner in the long run?

CNH just put up a solar system in Saskatoon to cover 8% of their electricity for manufacturing! Say Whaaat?

I guess they did this because it doesn't work in dark and cold Saskatoon!

Its the black and white, all or nothing crowd who can't understand the word transition as we add some cleaner renewables like wind, solar where appropriate and still keep using some fossil fuels for awhile yet. Just like Sask Power is doing.

Still using your dial up party lines yet? Or do you have a smart phone? LOL

First off covering 8% of their electrical demand, let’s be honest really just virtue signalling and public relations, look how green I am. Justin Trudeau net zero by 2050, Joe Biden says net zero by 2025 replacing 8% of our electricity with solar isn’t going to get us to net zero, what?!?! LOL

[TASFarms]

A real business man would build a natural gas generator to make some actual power and make some actual money. That is a better return on investment. Natural gas is always mentioned at the end of the green options. Solar isn’t there.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Chuck2 in most countries coal fired electrical generation was shut down by either government legislation or government taxation. As for using wood for heat I have many friends and relatives that use wood for heat, I guess a lot of the people I know are poor, wasn’t aware of that lol!

Add Japan and S Korea to the list of too poor to afford coal, going back to burning wood. https://www.canadianbiomassmagazine.ca/pellets-in-japan-6630/ https://www.canadianbiomassmagazine.ca/pellets-in-japan-6630/

[sumdumguy]

New coal plant being built at Crowsnest Pass?

[Hamloc]

Add Japan and S Korea to the list of too poor to afford coal, going back to burning wood. https://www.canadianbiomassmagazine.ca/pellets-in-japan-6630/ https://www.canadianbiomassmagazine.ca/pellets-in-japan-6630/

AB5 skimmed over the article quickly and I have to admit I am a bit confused, is biomass considered renewable energy? Are there less C02 emissions from burning wood than coal? I have to admit thinking back to when we had a old coal stove heating the shop, a lump of coal provided much more heat for a longer period of time than an equivalent amount of wood. So pelletizing wood in Canada and shipping by boat over to Japan to burn to create electricity seems just ridiculous!

[Guest]

AB5 skimmed over the article quickly and I have to admit I am a bit confused, is biomass considered renewable energy? Are there less C02 emissions from burning wood than coal? I have to admit thinking back to when we had a old coal stove heating the shop, a lump of coal provided much more heat for a longer period of time than an equivalent amount of wood. So pelletizing wood in Canada and shipping by boat over to Japan to burn to create electricity seems just ridiculous!

ridiculous , yes
green , absolutely not
then one day , like the oversupply of wheat for the world , it will be " holy fu-k, where did all the trees go "
its a double whammy , as trees get rid of barbie's "pollution"
hey i know , why don't they cut the rain forest down and burn the wood
yes folks , it has got that fu-ken ridiculous
you cannot make this stupid shit up

[Guest]

too add to the lunacy
a short ton of coal has 20 million BTU
a short ton of wood chips has 1 million BTU