Subj : Re: I watched the 'talk' To : DR. WHAT From : Rob Mccart Date : Mon Apr 14 2025 01:38 am RM> Yes, and some areas have constant winds blowing with rarely a storm RM> where it's practical to build wind farms or solar panel areas in the RM> desert where these things might actually be useful.. DW>But they have drawbacks too. The promises by the "green" folk are not >promises, only dreams. DW>Let's use solar panels in the desert. Lots of open area. No one really care >about the land use. Lots of sunlight. Sounds good. DW>But you have dust and sand. Dust that reduces the effectiveness of the panel >unless regularily cleaned. Sand to abrade them and wear them quicker than >intended. DW>One of the problems with the Greenies is that they can never see the full >picture. They only want to focus on their little part that they want. No free lunch.. As I mentioned earlier, Hydro Electric plants might be the greenest way to generate power if you have a good place to build the plant without destroying too much land around it to build it. There are a lot of places around here where they have huge banks of solar panels out in fields with some sort of grain crop. An area like that might have enough rain to keep them clean, but then we're back to snow in winter this far north at least.. And, again, in most cases they wear out before they make enough money to pay for themselves.. --- * SLMR Rob * Foremost on the new Bride's mind is Aisle, Altar, Hymn * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105) .