Ain't That The Truth
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Coal, natural gas, and nuclear powered. Solar and wind production is so minimal that they don't enter the conversation.
Most solar and wind generators haven't even offset the fossil fuels that were used to produce them.
A single 300W solar panel can provide enough energy to power a Tesla for 1000 miles over the course of a year. Ten 300W solar panels can provide enough energy to replace themselves and power a Tesla for 20,000 miles over the course of two years while continuing to provide energy for the next 23 years. With ten 300W solar panels the expected output would be enough to charge a Tesla for its entire life and produce another 100-120 solar panels. Coal is necessary as a main energy source for now, but it does not have to always be that way.
EDIT This is just math regarding the expected output of a 300W solar panel over the course of its expected lifetime using a Tesla for example. What solar panels power and them not be recycled because of cronyism are two separate discussions.
When people put out these comments I wonder if they actually even have a solar system? If it’s actually in use and powering their car? We all know all they want is to sell the American public the guilt trip of climate change. We don’t have an electric car to expensive. Our reason was to have a spare backup off grid system. We personally have a solar array of 16 panels and a small wind mill with 10 batteries to store the energy for future or current use. This system is nothing more than backup for lights and refrigeration, as the lowest possible draw of electricity which it handles well. It can not power our whole house, the hot water heater or the main heating (natural gas) furnace, clothes dryer, or clothes washer, or any air conditioning or heat unit. I knew that however it is what it is a backup system. A gas powered generator will provide the rest in case it’s needed. Otherwise we will have to stay with our main electric grid. Are you thinking the Tesla solar power wall panels that are thousands of dollars? To power a thousand’s of dollars of electric vehicle?
You would need a combination of between twenty and thirty 300W and 500W panels plus battery storage to reliably power the average home all year entirely with solar energy.
It’s so expensive and really the price is prohibitive for most and would buy a lot of coal power. I like to be self reliant but in order to get there investing 30k in a solar system that is so environmentally unfriendly deters me.