Yes. If you could get a BLM lease for a large chunk of ground, you could plant them and who cares if it takes twice the acrage, $500/hour/megawatt would be a nice income stream. And there is some good math behind just laying them flat on the ground, with a tiny bit of angle on the N/S axis so one is oriented to the East and one to the West. They get almost as much energy per day and you can utilize 100% of the property if that is an issue.
From: Mathew Howard Sent: Friday, July 15, 2022 12:33 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT solar panels I find it pretty hard to believe that a lot of solar panels that get replaced just because they're "at the end of their life cycle". I'd bet that there will be a decent market for used panels that can still do ~50% of their output. If nothing else, somebody should start collecting them all and fill a nice patch of desert with them. On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 1:12 PM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> wrote: OK, hyperbole, the stream of waste has hardly started. Not filling up the landfills. The type of waste? Copper, Selenium? You can buy supplements of those at the drug store. Arsenic? Very little in a panel. And Arsenic has a hormetic effect. People are healthier if their drinking water contains a little vs none. Not sure this is a significant issue. Like to know more. And solar panels degrade about 0.5-1% a year. The article says many panels are coming to the end of their 25 year life. Hey, I will not uninstall mine until they are below 50%. Just cheap that way. I am surprised California is so flat. Flatter than Nebraska. This is due to the frequent “sky is falling” issues there..... Glad to see that Diablo is getting a new lease on life. Nuclear will solve everything. From: Bill Prince Sent: Friday, July 15, 2022 11:26 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT solar panels Here's a PDF of the article in today's Merc. bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>On 7/15/2022 9:53 AM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote: The LA times has an article about CA landfills filling up with solar panels. It is behind a paywall, so I guess I won’t read it. Sounds like hyperbole to me. First, the all the solar panels in the state, by volume probably don’t match a weeks’ worth of municipal solid waste by volume, so that is hardly filling up the landfills. Second, it hints they are toxic. Really? Glass and aluminum. Silicon dioxide is just purified glass. Yes, they do have dopants in them. And there is some solder but probably rohs solder. Is there any truth to this? Secondly, why? Are there really that many worn out solar panels? I have never had one wear out to the point that I disposed of it. And I have had solar panels of some sort for close to 50 years. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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