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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?
> 
> 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?
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> 
> Zack Clayton
> Ohio EPA - DERR
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