Power the U.S. With Solar Panels!


Good times. :lol:

You like repeating your humiliation.
 
If that makes you feel better, run with it.

Meanwhile, keep claiming that moving 100 watts from one spot to another cools the Earth.

Bacause that's hilarious.
Post #918 makes it less funny. It's called an incremental analysis.

There's approximately 18tWh of continuous waste heat from electricity in the world. Hardly any of it comes from solar. So as we replace other generating forms - which don't convert solar radiation into electricity - with solar which does convert solar radiation into electricity there will be an incremental increase in solar radiation that does not warm the surface of the planet but the waste heat won't change. So the decrease in solar radiation warming the surface of the planet won't be offset by an increase in waste heat from electricity use. I know this is a hard concept for you to understand not being good with math and all but it's just math.
 
Post #918 makes it less funny. It's called an incremental analysis.

There's approximately 18tWh of continuous waste heat from electricity in the world. Hardly any of it comes from solar. So as we replace other generating forms - which don't convert solar radiation into electricity - with solar which does convert solar radiation into electricity there will be an incremental increase in solar radiation that does not warm the surface of the planet but the waste heat won't change. I know this is a hard concept for you to understand not being good with math and all but it's just math.

If you want to claim we need to keep burning fossil fuels, so the waste heat can stop the glaciers from advancing, do that.

with solar which does convert solar radiation into electricity there will be an incremental increase in solar radiation that does not warm the surface of the planet

Running solar radiation thru a solar panel doesn't cool the planet compared to letting that radiation hit the surface. In fact, due to their lower albedo, panels warm the planet.

Claiming they cool the planet is stupid.
 
You've never heard of economies of scale?
What the difference in efficiency between a power block of less than 500 MW compared to a power blocks larger than 1,000 MW?

And what's the difference in per-unit capital and expense costs between large and small power blocks?
 
If you want to claim we need to keep burning fossil fuels, so the waste heat can stop the glaciers from advancing, do that.

with solar which does convert solar radiation into electricity there will be an incremental increase in solar radiation that does not warm the surface of the planet

Running solar radiation thru a solar panel doesn't cool the planet compared to letting that radiation hit the surface. In fact, due to their lower albedo, panels warm the planet.

Claiming they cool the planet is stupid.
Other than your statement that solar converts solar radiation into electricity and that there will be an incremental increase in solar radiation that does not warm the surface of the planet everything else was wrong.

The cooling effect was measured by satellites.

 

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