If we harness the heat of the sun,
Then the war against carbon is won,
But is this plan sane,
Underneath Ireland’s rain?
I’m not convinced it can be done.
John Moynes
(SolarFarmUK)
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If we harness the heat of the sun,
Then the war against carbon is won,
But is this plan sane,
Underneath Ireland’s rain?
I’m not convinced it can be done.
John Moynes
(SolarFarmUK)
I’m not convince that English is your mother tongue.
@neilo that made me laugh out loud on a rather crowded bus. Now mortified.
Own your public laughter!
There are two kinds of solar panels.
1) Thermal: these have vacuum tubes with liquid, and are used to heat water. Work very well in cool countries like Ireland; if you take the train to Galway you’ll notice increasing numbers of panels on rooves as you pass through the midlands.
2) Photovoltaic: these are used to generate electricity. Not much used in Ireland yet, but huge in Germany.
Solar panels suck the energy from the sun resulting in less photosynthesis and will lead to the eventual draining of the sun.
Apparently.
“A small US town in North Carolina has rejected a proposal for solar panels in the area after claims that solar farms would suck up all the energy from the sun.”
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/us-town-rejects-solar-panels-saying-they-suck-energy-from-sun-1.2465968
Global warming is a myth
The sun is not a renewable source of energy anyways
we just need to crash another planet into it, should keep us going for another million-odd years.
Indeed meadowlark. there is only enough fuel left for about 5 billion years, less if we are wasteful. I believe the Chinese have a plan to convert the Sun to run on coal and charge us for the privilage (I heard this from Donald Trump) which may extend it’s working life. Also, the Sun will become unstable as the fuel runs out and may explode, damaging parts of Tallaght. You are absolutely right to point out the dangers of relying on solar energy.
The Trumpet knows the truth. His views on the Chinese are entirely accurate and not mad or racist. I’ll shoot the next person who says so.
Solar is pointless here, even the panels that heat just heat the water are not great.
Our hope is geothermal, go down 150m and you’ll be hitting 25 degrees in much of Dublin I hear.
Imagine a bore hole in every back garden, many of them under car parks and roads etc.
Endless energy.
Until the earth cools and the Mole People come up to get us for stealing their warmth.
‘I am in me hole’ is an old colloquial Dublin geothermal saying.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iavquu6PP9g
:-J
… https://youtu.be/0EBTn_3DBYo