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Posted: 3/26/2024 2:55:19 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/26/2024 2:59:10 PM EDT
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Who could have seen that coming.....hmmm.
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:02:06 PM EDT
[#2]
"absolutely stunning"
Is it really, though? Hail fucks up metal cars, asphalt roofing, etc. You thought glass solar panels were immune? |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:03:34 PM EDT
[#3]
Oh no. Now I'm all sad and shit.
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:04:32 PM EDT
[#4]
At least theyre recyclable.
Oh. Wait. |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:05:04 PM EDT
[#5]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Who could have seen that coming.....hmmm. FPNI again! |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:06:07 PM EDT
[#6]
Well shit. Now they wont be making power during the day or the night.
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:06:32 PM EDT
[#7]
Large enough hail will do that.
I've thought about building a rollout tarp to cover mine. On the other hand, panels aren't that expensive so I could just replace them if they get to large of hail. |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:07:09 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:07:13 PM EDT
[#9]
God gave us plenty of coal, oil, and gas = just use those.
Depending on solar is dumb. |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:10:18 PM EDT
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Locals are very worried about water contamination. Experts said that most of the time, large solar farm panels are made of compound cadmium telluride. This is something Kaminski is worried about because he uses well water. “That’s what we take a shower with, we drink with,” Kaminski explained. “It could be in our water now.” https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fort-bend-co-neighbors-want-to-know-whether-solar-panel-farms-hailstorm-damage-leaked-chemicals/ar-BB1knNRW H/T Yooper, Frazier, karlomonte Ain't that some shit. (edit - as in holy crap, and then it gets even worse! - apparently) |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:12:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Who could have seen that coming.....hmmm. That’s a design feature. That way the company can sell you new panels every two years. Kinda makes the math on the 17 year payoff not work out but it’s ok. |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:23:14 PM EDT
[#12]
Are the wind turbine generators OK?
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:30:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Depending on solar is dumb. When your place is miles from power, it's not dumb at all. Tony |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:31:32 PM EDT
[#14]
Shocking
 who knew hail could beat the shit out of things? I'm surprised it didn't punch right through a few of them.
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:37:39 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:39:22 PM EDT
[#16]
Yeah, hail destroyed my roof, too. I'm getting a new one along with new gutters tomorrow.
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:39:52 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:40:07 PM EDT
[#18]
Cope cages for panels?
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:40:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ain't that some shit. Quote HistoryQuoted: Locals are very worried about water contamination. Experts said that most of the time, large solar farm panels are made of compound cadmium telluride. This is something Kaminski is worried about because he uses well water. “That’s what we take a shower with, we drink with,” Kaminski explained. “It could be in our water now.” https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fort-bend-co-neighbors-want-to-know-whether-solar-panel-farms-hailstorm-damage-leaked-chemicals/ar-BB1knNRW H/T Yooper, Frazier, karlomonte Ain't that some shit. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5607867/ Cadmium is recognized as a toxic substance by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which set a maximum contaminant level (MCL) for cadmium (Cd) of 0.005 mgL-1 in drinking water. Tellurium (Te), while not regulated by the EPA, has also been shown to have the potential to cause kidney, heart, skin, lung, and gastrointestinal system damage in rats and in humans |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:50:31 PM EDT
[#20]
All forms of power generation have their vulnerabilities.
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:51:43 PM EDT
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I thought I read there was a "farm" in either Iowa or Nebraska that would point the backside up if storms were predicted.
They learned their lesson once before after a $1.5m fuckup. Insurance companies have been cancelling policies for some of these "farms". |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:53:23 PM EDT
[#22]
It hails in the Great Plains?
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:53:33 PM EDT
[#23]
The people behind the environmental movements are laughing their asses off.
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:59:30 PM EDT
[#24]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The FIFY |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 4:00:26 PM EDT
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I live about 20 miles east of that solar farm. I never knew it existed. They got really hammered by the the recent storm. Fortunately, I didn't receive any hail at all. I could use a new roof in a few years though.
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Posted: 3/26/2024 4:05:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Who could have seen that coming.....hmmm. Obviously, not people in Texas. |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 4:08:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Large enough hail will do that. I've thought about building a rollout tarp to cover mine. On the other hand, panels aren't that expensive so I could just replace them if they get to large of hail. |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 4:15:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistorySo, was it really wasn't good for the planet after all? 
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Posted: 3/26/2024 4:16:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Who could have seen that coming.....hmmm. 
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Posted: 3/26/2024 4:20:02 PM EDT
[#30]
Two seconds after I clicked on that, I sure was glad I had virus protection. |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 4:27:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The people behind the environmental movements are laughing their asses off. 
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Posted: 3/26/2024 4:36:58 PM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: God gave us plenty of coal, oil, and gas = just use those. Depending on solar is dumb. And uranium. Nuclear power is the best clean energy we have. |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 4:42:52 PM EDT
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Drive out past Sweetwater and you'll see a junkyard full of cashed wind turbine blades already.
Solar and wind tech is just government subsidized crap. Drill. Drill drill drill..... |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 4:52:12 PM EDT
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 What did they think was going to happen? |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 4:52:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Well shit. Now they wont be making power during the day or the night. |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 4:54:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That’s a design feature. That way the company can sell you new panels every two years. Kinda makes the math on the 17 year payoff not work out but it’s ok. yup and they are all made in china and the deep state pockets part of the income. |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 4:55:27 PM EDT
[#37]
I guarantee you that hailstorms weren’t included in the ROI calculation.
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Posted: 3/26/2024 5:00:57 PM EDT
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They’re putting over 1000 acres of that crap across the road from me. I’m sure it will be a superfund site one day.
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Posted: 3/26/2024 5:05:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: All forms of power generation have their vulnerabilities. Funny I've never heard of a coal or nuclear plant being taken offline by hail of any size. |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 5:09:32 PM EDT
[#40]
Quote HistoryBut greenie weenies are worried about pipeline leaks. |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 5:12:05 PM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: God gave us plenty of coal, oil, and gas = just use those. Depending on solar is dumb. We have solar but not as our main source of electricity. We have it as a back up because where we live, outages are quite common and can last a couple days. Also, we can bank power, meaning in the summer we are selling back to the elec company and only pay the $39 fee. Then when winter comes, our bills are half what everyone else is paying. I will say that where we live, which is quite rural, there are a lot of people whose only choice is solar. |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 5:14:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Funny I've never heard of a coal or nuclear plant being taken offline by hail of any size. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: All forms of power generation have their vulnerabilities. Funny I've never heard of a coal or nuclear plant being taken offline by hail of any size. I don’t think he meant venerabilities specifically to hail. 
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Posted: 3/26/2024 5:15:10 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/26/2024 5:17:25 PM EDT
[#44]
Ya know what's hail-proof?
Nuclear. |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 5:18:32 PM EDT
[#45]
All that land would be better off growing wheat, corn etc.
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Posted: 3/26/2024 5:19:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: All that land would be better off growing wheat, corn etc. Hail would’ve wrecked that too. |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 5:20:28 PM EDT
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Suddenly destroyed?
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Posted: 3/26/2024 5:24:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Funny I've never heard of a coal or nuclear plant being taken offline by hail of any size. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: All forms of power generation have their vulnerabilities. Funny I've never heard of a coal or nuclear plant being taken offline by hail of any size. I didn't say they have the same vulnerabilities. Nuke plants do go offline, sometimes spectacularly. Coal trains derail, hydro turbines fry bearings, whatever - they're all susceptible to something. I'm not anti-nuke, btw. Or anti-gas, coal, wind or solar. I think we should continue to develop them all as long as they're viable. Because none of them are perfect and never will be. |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 5:33:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Hail would’ve wrecked that too. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: All that land would be better off growing wheat, corn etc. Hail would’ve wrecked that too. Yeah, maybe. My point was growing food is a better use of the land. |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 5:36:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: yup and they are all made in china and the deep state pockets part of the income. |
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