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Re: solar power
My two bits. Imagine the law suits when a neighbour plants a nice big
shade tree. Of course trees could be banned from cities. What price
insanity?
Bill Prestwich
McMastyer University
Hamilton, Ont.
On Tue, 2 May 2000, Zack Clayton wrote:
> David Pyles wrote> how many acres of south facing roofs are in
> the areas currently served by the average nuke?
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> It doesn't matter in that way. On a per acre basis, panels in Portland ,Or; Traverse City, MI; and Rochester, NY are going to produce a different amount of solar power than the equivalent acre in Miami, FL; Dallas, TX; and Honolulu, HI. Even so, whose roof is going to be providing for the air conditioning at 3:00am in August, or the third overcast day in a row during that winter storm?
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> The most roof panels can do is suppliment daytime home use, Industry will still need a generator somewhere else. And who is going to make up the cost differential between solar panels and fibergalss shingles? No one in central Ohio has stepped up for that one.
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> Zack Clayton
> Ohio EPA - DERR
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