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Generating solar power in Mexico won't keep Iowans from warming their homes with natural gas and powering their F-150s with petroleum, so solar panels in Iowa a
by kragen 1y ago
Generating solar power in Mexico won't keep Iowans from warming their homes with natural gas and powering their F-150s with petroleum, so solar panels in Iowa are needed for the fight against AGW.
- hunterpayne 1y agoThe problem is that more energy is required and more CO2 produced in making the panels than they replace during their use. So in Iowa, using solar actually increases CO2 production, not decreases it. Somehow you are missing that. Solar's EROEI is only 4. So anywhere with a solar albino of less than .25 means solar there does more harm than good. NASA Goddard provides a map of where that is. From memory, I believe Iowa's is about .22. The breakeven line roughly goes through San Francisco.
- kragen 1y agoNo, all of that is false. Some of it was true at one point, but it has been false for decades. There is no such thing as "solar albino". I would think it was easy to find the correct information. Where are you getting this false information?