Reply #30: true they can go on rooftops, but...

[Snivi Yllom]

Many regions in the US are obviously not great candidates for generating major power. Obviously states with more sunshine will do better. Roof top units are better for heating water, but even those have limits as to how well they operate, and they take energy to run water pumps.

If large power generating solar panel fields are assembled in southern states, and I mean large, we are talking square miles, you still have a distribution issue getting the power from the Southern areas to the North via transmission lines.

All i'm saying is solar energy is not a perfect killer app.