XC.Morrison Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmo Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 They should build it. Maybe your girl Warren can get rich people to pay for it!!!!!1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irv Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 A 100 mile square would power the entire country? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member BOHICA Posted December 16, 2019 Gold Member Share Posted December 16, 2019 5 minutes ago, Mainecat said: A 100 mile square would power the entire country? No Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCR1250 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Sounds like a great area for a Terrorist attack if built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bussman Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 We should do this then make everybody pay a sunlight tax!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticCrusher Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Gates is right, we need to keep up the investments in cleaner energy, wind and solar have its place, but are not the answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XC.Morrison Posted December 16, 2019 Author Share Posted December 16, 2019 1 hour ago, XCR1250 said: Sounds like a great area for a Terrorist attack if built. "The graphic isn’t about building a solar farm there, to supply the whole US: that would be preposterous. Instead, the graphic is designed to describe the physical area of panels required. i.e. it’s a data visualisation; not a project proposal." The math does seem to check out though. Musk is pretty good at math. https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/energy/2015/05/21/fact-checking-elon-musks-blue-square-how-much-solar-to-power-the-us/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Edmo said: They should build it. Maybe your girl Warren can get rich people to pay for it!!!!!1 You ever see the wind farms bout an hour south of us? They run from east of I65 to past I57. Hundreds of them, maybe more. My uncle worked for the company that set up a bunch of them, said they are selling the power to California. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 1 hour ago, XCR1250 said: Sounds like a great area for a Terrorist attack if built. Unlike a nuclear plant? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 The issue is storing and regulating the energy collected by wind and solar. gates is right. Musk dummies it down way too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCR1250 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Just now, Anler said: Unlike a nuclear plant? Much smaller area/acreage to defend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Bio fuel is stored solar energy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 1 minute ago, XCR1250 said: Much smaller area/acreage to defend. But more locations around the country makes them require more to defend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 1 minute ago, Tickle Shits said: Bio fuel is stored solar energy How much acreage is required for that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 1 minute ago, Anler said: How much acreage is required for that? Lots but it’s environmentally friendly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XC.Morrison Posted December 16, 2019 Author Share Posted December 16, 2019 5 minutes ago, XCR1250 said: Much smaller area/acreage to defend. Much higher stakes too though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 1 minute ago, Tickle Shits said: Lots but it’s environmentally friendly Yes and required yearly harvesting, planting, lots of diesel powered equipment and trucks, manpower, transport, etc.... Sunlight and wind are free and forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Just now, Anler said: Yes and required yearly harvesting, planting, lots of diesel powered equipment and trucks, manpower, transport, etc.... Sunlight and wind are free and forever. You can run all that on bio diesel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Just now, Tickle Shits said: You can run all that on bio diesel farm welfare is coming to an end. Grow cannabis instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 2 minutes ago, Anler said: farm welfare is coming to an end. Grow cannabis instead. We’ve had industrial hemp here for over 20 years meow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry ginger Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 15 minutes ago, Anler said: You ever see the wind farms bout an hour south of us? They run from east of I65 to past I57. Hundreds of them, maybe more. My uncle worked for the company that set up a bunch of them, said they are selling the power to California. have a nuke plant a mile from my house- sells it's energy to NYC and somehow the NH residents had to pay the costs for the plant yet our power is quebec hydro. Whole system is fucked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 1 minute ago, Angry ginger said: have a nuke plant a mile from my house- sells it's energy to NYC and somehow the NH residents had to pay the costs for the plant yet our power is quebec hydro. Whole system is fucked. I guess you can tie into the grid from anywhere but where these are is the perfect place for a wind farm. Indiana is the windiest place I have ever lived. Trucks get blown off the highway regularly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 10 minutes ago, Tickle Shits said: We’ve had industrial hemp here for over 20 years meow Thats good, maybe put that shit in the cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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