Another Reason Solar Power sucks:

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2002-12-05 11:54am

Having to go out after a storm to clean several hundred pounds of snow
off your damn roof so the solar panels will work.

Oh that's right, You wanted British Columbia to go to Solar power,
instead of Coal, even though you live up north in CANADA...

Dumbass.

Zaku-chan · Post by **Zaku-chan** » 2002-12-05 12:02pm

Ouch. Maybe if the panels were set up on the side of the building instead?

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2002-12-05 12:07pm

Zaku-chan wrote:Ouch. Maybe if the panels were set up on the side of the building instead?

Won't work. They have to face the sun at an optimum angle to work
well enough to pay for themselves.

Zaku-chan · Post by **Zaku-chan** » 2002-12-05 12:26pm

What if they were on the side, but angled so they could still catch the sun for at least part of the day? Probably easier to maintain, even if they don't collect as much power.

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2002-12-05 12:37pm

What if they were on the side, but angled so they could still catch the sun for at least part of the day? Probably easier to maintain, even if they don't collect as much power.

They need to be on the roof where they can get the maximum amount of sun all day to be effective. Otherwise you are not getting your money's worth.

Post by **AdmiralKanos** » 2002-12-05 12:43pm

Go nuclear. Fuck coal, fuck solar, fuck wind. They're all shit.

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2002-12-05 12:47pm

How much nuclear is Canada using?

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2002-12-05 12:47pm

AdmiralKanos wrote:Go nuclear. Fuck coal, fuck solar, fuck wind. They're all shit.

Thus my, build 365 six reactor plants a year for a decade solution to power problems. Also, buy uranium stocks.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2002-12-05 01:19pm

I'd consider a solar powered house if it meant I could tell the electric company to go fuck itself. Unless I move to Arizona, though, that's probably not a viable option...

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2002-12-05 01:22pm

RedImperator wrote:I'd consider a solar powered house if it meant I could tell the electric company to go fuck itself. Unless I move to Arizona, though, that's probably not a viable option...

Ditto for me, but it would be central Australia, you know what I mean?

salm · Post by **salm** » 2002-12-05 01:33pm

you know these little heating wires in the rear windows of cars?
they dont take much power and melt the snow at arrival.
fuck coal, fuck nuclear!
solar/wind/water power are cool!

salm · Post by **salm** » 2002-12-05 01:38pm

RedImperator wrote:I'd consider a solar powered house if it meant I could tell the electric company to go fuck itself. Unless I move to Arizona, though, that's probably not a viable option...

what problems do you have with the electric company?

here it´s quite cool. if you produce more power than you need you sell it to the electric companies.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2002-12-05 02:14pm

Crown wrote:
RedImperator wrote:I'd consider a solar powered house if it meant I could tell the electric company to go fuck itself. Unless I move to Arizona, though, that's probably not a viable option...
Ditto for me, but it would be central Australia, you know what I mean?

I'm not too certain it's all that viable here in Arizona. I saw more solar pannels on houses when I lived in the midwest.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2002-12-05 06:18pm

salm wrote:
RedImperator wrote:I'd consider a solar powered house if it meant I could tell the electric company to go fuck itself. Unless I move to Arizona, though, that's probably not a viable option...
what problems do you have with the electric company?

here it´s quite cool. if you produce more power than you need you sell it to the electric companies.

I just resent all the utility companies. And insurance companies. And banks. And the phone company. Oh, and the cable company. Anyone who sends me a bill, honestly.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2002-12-05 06:22pm

Personally Red Imp...I believe we all do at some point.

I mean that's why I can't stand the mail...for every one piece of good news...I get four bills easily.

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2002-12-05 06:59pm

Nuclear is the way. Screw all those tree hugging scientific ignorant evironazis. If they are unhappy with nuclear, then they can go outside and play hide and go fuck themselves.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2002-12-05 08:14pm

AdmiralKanos wrote:Go nuclear. Fuck coal, fuck solar, fuck wind. They're all shit.

Damn, but I wish we did that. Get a bunch of breeder reactions on-line, too...

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2002-12-05 08:52pm

Appealing though that may be, there is a limited supply of fissionables.

I say go hydro. Only problem is the damn hippies start bitching about the fish then. But then they're never satisfied.

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2002-12-05 09:25pm

I say go hydro. Only problem is the damn hippies start bitching about the fish then. But then they're never satisfied.

Where you gonna build new plants? We've heavily dammed rivers already. More than just greens oppose new damns, fisherman, sporting interests, etc.

Dam's can increase flooding upstream while controlling down stream. No free lunch on any energy choice.

Like it or not, nuclear presents the most bang for the buck (no pun intented) but the waste disposal issue a giant political football.

salm · Post by **salm** » 2002-12-05 09:40pm

what´s so wrong with solar??? if it´s developed further at a much higher rate than now, even houses in places with less sun can be powered. there could still be emergency power lines or generators.

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2002-12-05 09:42pm

Yeah... You heard about Yucca Mountain in the US? The Government is planning to store the nuclear waste there, and a bunch of people are bitching about it... Funny thing is that they can't offer a better solution. On ChannelOne's website (Some news prog for kids in school), there were idiots saying that they didn't want nuclear waste in their town because it would explode

salm · Post by **salm** » 2002-12-05 09:47pm

Exonerate wrote:Yeah... You heard about Yucca Mountain in the US? The Government is planning to store the nuclear waste there, and a bunch of people are bitching about it... Funny thing is that they can't offer a better solution. On ChannelOne's website (Some news prog for kids in school), there were idiots saying that they didn't want nuclear waste in their town because it would explode

basicly they´re right. i wouldnt want nuclear waste in my town either. it might not explode but it might leak, get into the water supply or something else like that. i dont want to have 6 eyed children.

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2002-12-05 10:08pm

Its not like they're going to store it in your town... They're just afraid that trucks transporting it will leak it, which I may add is VERY improbably. I've seen vidoes of those containers crashing into cement at 60mph, and still surviving without a scratch.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2002-12-05 10:31pm

Exonerate wrote:Its not like they're going to store it in your town... They're just afraid that trucks transporting it will leak it, which I may add is VERY improbably. I've seen vidoes of those containers crashing into cement at 60mph, and still surviving without a scratch.

IIRC, the things have even survived train derailings. Most impressive their construction.

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