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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts) Sun Nov 8, 2015, 09:38 PM Nov 2015

In 2008, the US had no solar. Now it’s huge and growing like kudzu....

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In 2008, the US had no solar. Now it’s huge and growing like kudzu.... (Original Post) Playinghardball Nov 2015 OP

350 MW powers 100,000 homes, approximately. By next year there will be 8000 MW of solar Fred Sanders Nov 2015 #1

corporate power providers are trying to strangle rooftop solar and hijack the sun. will our msongs Nov 2015 #2

Here's another way to look at it. GliderGuider Nov 2015 #3

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

1. 350 MW powers 100,000 homes, approximately. By next year there will be 8000 MW of solar

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sun Nov 8, 2015, 09:46 PM

Nov 2015

power generation, enough to power 2 million homes.

And no oil trains needed!

msongs

(67,395 posts)

2. corporate power providers are trying to strangle rooftop solar and hijack the sun. will our

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sun Nov 8, 2015, 10:56 PM

Nov 2015

hack politicians go along with this or be on the side of the people who want solar. it is OUR sun, not Edison's

GliderGuider

(21,088 posts)

3. Here's another way to look at it.

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Mon Nov 9, 2015, 08:42 AM

Nov 2015

In the above graph, the primary energy produced by fossil fuel was discounted by 50% to approximate thermal conversion inefficiencies. Electricity produced from hydro, nuclear power and renewables was counted as 100% efficient in terms of end-use energy.

Solar electricity provides one tenth of one percent (that's on one-thousandth) of all end-use energy in the USA.

Solar power isn't slaying the dragon just yet.

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