Solar

[CrazyCajun]

It’s not the solar power that’s the problem, it’s the battery banks. People always over look this issue with “green energy” . Solar and wind are not green at all and damage the environment just as much if not more than oil and gas. It is also not reliable, the wind stops and the sun goes away.

[Louisiana84]

It’s not the solar power that’s the problem, it’s the battery banks. People always over look this issue with “green energy” . Solar and wind are not green at all and damage the environment just as much if not more than oil and gas. It is also not reliable, the wind stops and the sun goes away.

When it comes to solar and wind, power storage is application-specific. You need what you need. If your wife is perimenopausal, you will need a lot.

[CrazyCajun]

When it comes to solar and wind, power storage is application-specific. You need what you need. If your wife is perimenopausal, you will need a lot.

how about when its 115 degrees outside and you running 2 ac units? how much battery bank you think you need to run that? have you ever seen a battery bank on an offshore platform? Batteries are toxic, extremely toxic. Its just not practical, not down here anyway and it for damn sure isnt green. The batteries, the panels, and the windmills..,nothing green about them. It takes more energy to produce a windwill than it could ever put out, counterproductive.

[Boomer]

how about when it’s 115 degrees outside and you running 2 ac units? how much battery bank you think you need to run that? have you ever seen a battery bank on an offshore platform? Batteries are toxic, extremely toxic. It’s just not practical, not down here anyway and it for damn sure isnt green. The batteries, the panels, and the windmills..,nothing green about them. It takes more energy to produce a windwill than it could ever put out, counterproductive.

……I sure hope this discussion turns out to be interesting/educational like the Miss river flood and spillway saga…..I think there was a time when UL was gonna be in NIberia…..so they now have what is left of the oil field before Trump gets back, the Monkey farm and production/shipping along with this latest triumph!. Maybe we can NIL Amos back home!!!

[Louisiana84]

how about when its 115 degrees outside and you running 2 ac units? how much battery bank you think you need to run that? have you ever seen a battery bank on an offshore platform? Batteries are toxic, extremely toxic. Its just not practical, not down here anyway and it for damn sure isnt green. The batteries, the panels, and the windmills..,nothing green about them. It takes more energy to produce a windwill than it could ever put out, counterproductive.

The only green I care about is cash money. Give me a Tesla Solar Roof and four Powerwalls and I am good.

[CrazyCajun]

The only green I care about is cash money. Give me a Tesla Solar Roof and four Powerwalls and I am good.

$15k powerwalls? so $60k in powerwalls? that comes out to a $420 a month electric bill for 12 years just to break even on the battery banks and they wont last 12 years. That doesnt even begin to consider the cost for a solar roof.

[CajunNation]

Electric/Solar/Wind is window dressing. The real conversion from Fossil is Nuclear. Specifically, this....

https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/n...reactor-design

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued its final rule

in the Federal Register to certify NuScale Power’s small modular reactor.

The company’s power module becomes the first SMR design certified by the NRC and just the seventh reactor design cleared for use in the United States.

The rule takes effects February 21, 2023 and equips the nation with a new clean power source...

[CrazyCajun]

Electric/Solar/Wind is window dressing. The real conversion from Fossil is Nuclear. Specifically, this....

https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/n...reactor-design

electric/solar/wind is a toxic money grab that makes people feel good.

[Duggie35]

In the article they state this project will create 700 “high paying” jobs. I hope that is correct, but most of the time, the numbers provided when these big projects are announced never live up to the hype. I also wonder how these “high paying” solar jobs will compare to the “high paying” oilfield jobs that have supported and built this area and State for many years?

[Big Buds]

electric/solar/wind is a toxic money grab that makes people feel good.

It’s basically playing pretend in the world of energy.

[Tasso]

This project is just like the electric wind turbines in the west. Makes money to the select manufacturing corporations catering to the politicans.

[CajunEXPRESS]

In the article they state this project will create 700 “high paying” jobs. I hope that is correct, but most of the time, the numbers provided when these big projects are announced never live up to the hype. I also wonder how these “high paying” solar jobs will compare to the “high paying” oilfield jobs that have supported and built this area and State for many years?

I’m all for drilling. Also I’m happy with solar, nuclear,wind and biofuels. Just don’t make Exxon pay for the others delivery and technology development.