Green Energy is the future, in a world with no hail…

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itsyourboypookie
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2:08p, 3/25/24
Are taxpayers on the hook for this? Or will the woke insurance companies insure it?

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Muy
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2:10p, 3/25/24
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That is what a massive money laundering scam looks like.
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2:15p, 3/25/24
And who will pay for the burial of all these panels and where will they bury them?
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2:15p, 3/25/24
AG
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rocky the dog
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2:17p, 3/25/24
AG
Oh, and then there's this...

Elections are when people find out what politicians stand for, and politicians find out what people will fall for.
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itsyourboypookie
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In reply to richardag • 2:18p, 3/25/24
richardag said:
And who will pay for the burial of all these panels and where will they bury them?


The local tweekers will haul them off for scrap
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Hubert J. Farnsworth
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2:19p, 3/25/24
They just finished building a solar farm in Knippa, TX not that long ago. That area from Del Rio to San Antonio, along highway 90, is notorious for bad hail storms every few years. It is obvious that whoever built that solar farm isn't worried in the least about it inevitably being destroyed by hail in the next couple of years. They know our tax dollars will be paying for all of the repairs. What a scam.
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Biz Ag
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2:21p, 3/25/24
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Placing a solar panel farm 40 miles from the Gulf of Mexico.

Good call there, chief.

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itsyourboypookie
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In reply to Hubert J. Farnsworth • 2:28p, 3/25/24
Hubert J. Farnsworth said:
They just finished building a solar farm in Knippa, TX not that long ago. That area from Del Rio to San Antonio, along highway 90, is notorious for bad hail storms every few years. It is obvious that whoever built that solar farm isn't worried in the least about it inevitably being destroyed by hail in the next couple of years. They know our tax dollars will be paying for all of the repairs. What a scam.


Why didn't they design them to flip over during bad weather?
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Hubert J. Farnsworth
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In reply to itsyourboypookie • 2:32p, 3/25/24
itsyourboypookie said:
Hubert J. Farnsworth said:
They just finished building a solar farm in Knippa, TX not that long ago. That area from Del Rio to San Antonio, along highway 90, is notorious for bad hail storms every few years. It is obvious that whoever built that solar farm isn't worried in the least about it inevitably being destroyed by hail in the next couple of years. They know our tax dollars will be paying for all of the repairs. What a scam.


Why didn't they design them to flip over during bad weather?


Maybe they did. I don't know. Just seemed like a really bad area for a solar farm. Of course, if there was a hail storm like the one in April of 2021, flipping them over wouldn't have done much.
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In reply to itsyourboypookie • 2:34p, 3/25/24
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itsyourboypookie said:
Are taxpayers on the hook for this? Or will the woke insurance companies insure it?

I live in the area and they are covering up thousands upon thousands of acres of former farmland with these panels. I'm guessing either the feds(us) or the insurer are taking a big hit.

These facilities are also within 5 miles of the Gulf Coast in some cases. Seems like fodder for hurricanes to me.

More green energy nonsense. The federal money would be far better spent on new nuclear plants IMO.
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Hubert J. Farnsworth
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In reply to Ag87H2O • 2:45p, 3/25/24
Ag87H2O said:
itsyourboypookie said:
Are taxpayers on the hook for this? Or will the woke insurance companies insure it?

I live in the area and they are covering up thousands upon thousands of acres of former farmland with these panels. I'm guessing either the feds(us) or the insurer are taking a big hit.

These facilities are also within 5 miles of the Gulf Coast in some cases. Seems like fodder for hurricanes to me.

More green energy nonsense. The federal money would be far better spent on new nuclear plants IMO.


The left won't allow that because nuclear is efficient and they know that would be the end of their green scam.
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tk111
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2:45p, 3/25/24
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Its not like these are one-in-a-lifetime storms up here. DFW has cataclysmic hail storms multiple times per year. The whole deal is either a complete fraud to begin with or some folks are hopelessly incompetent. (or insert "whynotboth.gif")
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torrid
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2:46p, 3/25/24
AG
I think this is the solar farm in question.

https://www.google.com/maps/@29.2237352,-95.6497707,10434a,35y,0.24h/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu
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In reply to torrid • 3:01p, 3/25/24
AG
There are at least two more massive solar farms under construction in the area. One is south of Rosenberg along Highway 90A towards East Bernard in Fort Bend County and another one between Liverpool and Danbury in Brazoria County.

Lots of farmland being lost. No telling how much Roundup they'll have to use to keep all the weeds and brush under control. As with most green energy projects, there are ways unintended consequences and negative impacts to the environment.
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3:09p, 3/25/24
They were talking on the radio this morning about the chemicals inside those panels that is now going to leach into the soil. locals are worried about their water wells.

If someone, insurance or taxpayer, doesn't bail them out then those landowners that leased (i assume it is not owned) the land to the solar company are going to have a massive cleanup when the solar company goes bankrupt.
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3:14p, 3/25/24
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I'm a wholesale high risk commercial property broker. If there is a lender with interest, you can sure as hell bet they are insured with probably a 1 in 25 year payback period. There will be a loss limit, probably for replacement of the panels and that's it.

Rates on these types of exposures are 4x-5x more than insuring a house.

They do make hail resistant impact glass for these, but if this was done by a developer to farm energy at the lowest cost you can bet corners were cut. It's the same when apartments are built these days. They make $50MM single podium apartment complexes out of wood. Developers could put in building safety sprinkler systems but they are only required to put life safety. Life safety gives enough time in common areas for people to go out, but does not save the building from fire.
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3:16p, 3/25/24
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They could do with some transparent aluminum as roofs for the panels.
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In reply to AggieUSMC • 3:23p, 3/25/24
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In reply to theJonatron • 3:25p, 3/25/24
Will get real interesting if they proposed hail resistant glass and then didn't provide it.
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In reply to AggieUSMC • 3:26p, 3/25/24
AggieUSMC said:
They could do with some transparent aluminum as roofs for the panels.
Or just put them inside with grow lights.
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3:29p, 3/25/24
at a minimum, could they not design/require these so that the panels can/have to be able to pivot vertical to minimize the risk of damage from falling hail?

and yes, I am very aware hail storms often come with strong winds that can drive the hail in angled directions. I said "to minimize".
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In reply to Hubert J. Farnsworth • 3:35p, 3/25/24
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The left won't allow that because nuclear is efficient and they know that would be the end of their green scam.


And because:

The no nukes yell
We're gonna all go to hell
With the next big meltdown

Close to the Borderline
- Billy Joel
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In reply to itsyourboypookie • 4:14p, 3/25/24
But hey, it's renewable!! Lol
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4:25p, 3/25/24
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I'm willing to bet they used cheap panels. I have 56 panels and have had no issues with hail for the last 5 years. Mine do carry a 25 year LG manufacturers warranty vs hail damage and production problems.

What you need to know about solar power hail damage (solarreviews.com)
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4:26p, 3/25/24
AG
Bet the left some nasty crap in the Earth from the broken panels
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4:30p, 3/25/24
AG
Remember in the big Texas freeze a few years back, they said we needed more green energy?
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4:32p, 3/25/24
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All a ****ing scam to make "correct people" rich.
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4:34p, 3/25/24
honestly this is just a lack of critical thinking. how is it overlooked that if they took the propellers from the wind turbines and combined it with the solar panels all green energy could unite to make the world largest margarita maker.
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4:36p, 3/25/24
AG
Yep, about 50 times the panels in that video would maybe do as much as on nuclear plant
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4:46p, 3/25/24
AG
So much waste built on a lie.
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4:50p, 3/25/24
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Drill baby drill
Less virtue signaling, more vice signaling.

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In reply to TexAg1987 • 5:19p, 3/25/24
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TexAg1987 said:
AggieUSMC said:
They could do with some transparent aluminum as roofs for the panels.
Or just put them inside with grow lights.
And this emergency legislation that I am proposing will fund roofs to be built over all solar farms thus eliminating the damage that can be caused by hail storms, also the result of global climate change


/AOC

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Hubert J. Farnsworth
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In reply to Urban Ag • 5:29p, 3/25/24
Urban Ag said:
TexAg1987 said:
AggieUSMC said:
They could do with some transparent aluminum as roofs for the panels.
Or just put them inside with grow lights.
And this emergency legislation that I am proposing will fund roofs to be built over all solar farms thus eliminating the damage that can be caused by hail storms, also the result of global climate change


/AOC



Lol.

That would be a perfect Babylon Bee article.
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5:37p, 3/25/24
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Green energy is the biggest scam ever. All it is a rouse by the left to make energy unaffordable to the middle class, so more wealth will be transferred to the elites.
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