Thread: Rant Trump doesn´t give one shit for the environment
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Old 02-17-2017, 05:12 PM  
2MuchMark
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Yep!


Google owns this one. I passed it in Nevada on the way to Vegas it's massive and generates electricity at night!

World's Largest Solar Plant, Partly Owned By Google, Opens In Nevada, Roasts Birds And Angers Environmental Group

I have solar panels & batteries I charge here at home, never going back. It doesn't cover all my electric consumption but paid for itself already.

I would like to know more about the energy output and economics of a setup like this. This one reflects sunlight to a boiler to generate steam, turn generators and provide electricity. But regular electric panels convert sunlight to electricity directly. Are they somehow less efficient? If they could use the direct sunlight-to-electricity panels they would save all those birds.
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