It isn't just hippies. It's anyone that has the "correct" beliefs (NPCs basically). Something that really stuck with me was someone in a comment to some article I read said "solar panels can't warm Chicago in winter" and there was a bunch of replies of "the sun still shines in winter, duh." That's the enemy, people who think anything that puts out any voltage for a few hours a day is good enough to power a city. "It make power. What problem?"
Solar power sucks ass in Germany. On average about 11% capacity factor. In other words 1000 W of solar panel will only produce 110 W averaged out over the year (this includes night). In winter near the solstice is only 2% while the summer is 22%. Chicago is probably a couple percent better than Germany on average, like 13-14%.
Yep and then the solar panels output drops off as they go over 25 degrees Celsius, so here in AUS on a nice summer day at 40 degrees your solar panel is over heating to all buggery and producing a lot less.
I was being a bit generic on the "hippie" comment, but yes, you are correct.
Plus, for that solar panel to power something at night, on a city that massive, they would need a battery probably the size of a stadium. Which, considering how polluting it is to get batteries, any benefit is quickly destroyed. Assuming that solar panels are "Carbon neutral" (when in fact it is far dirtier to make than a nuclear power plant), those batteries would destroy it quickly.
Germany sells energy when it is windy and has a lot of sun. But buys and fires their coal and gas power plants when it is not. Which is a lot. There is no way to store it. And this is a huge problem. Sad that they do not realize their choices are more damaging to the environment than the nuclear power plants.
It isn't just hippies. It's anyone that has the "correct" beliefs (NPCs basically). Something that really stuck with me was someone in a comment to some article I read said "solar panels can't warm Chicago in winter" and there was a bunch of replies of "the sun still shines in winter, duh." That's the enemy, people who think anything that puts out any voltage for a few hours a day is good enough to power a city. "It make power. What problem?"
Solar power sucks ass in Germany. On average about 11% capacity factor. In other words 1000 W of solar panel will only produce 110 W averaged out over the year (this includes night). In winter near the solstice is only 2% while the summer is 22%. Chicago is probably a couple percent better than Germany on average, like 13-14%.
I cannot believe solar power has been built-up in Germany. They are insane.
They're even dumber because 1/6th of their solar is residential rooftop so they spent a fortune installing it.
Yep and then the solar panels output drops off as they go over 25 degrees Celsius, so here in AUS on a nice summer day at 40 degrees your solar panel is over heating to all buggery and producing a lot less.
Your honestly better off just painting pvc pipes black and running a sterling engine.
Neither is great, but you'd think they'd go with wind in a place like chiraq or germany.
I'd say hydro-electric, but that's evil now too, somehow...
something something something fish life-cycles, but there's solutions to that, too...
"We look for things. Things to make us power."
(trains stop)
"We are not smart."
Based Pakled reference.
I was being a bit generic on the "hippie" comment, but yes, you are correct.
Plus, for that solar panel to power something at night, on a city that massive, they would need a battery probably the size of a stadium. Which, considering how polluting it is to get batteries, any benefit is quickly destroyed. Assuming that solar panels are "Carbon neutral" (when in fact it is far dirtier to make than a nuclear power plant), those batteries would destroy it quickly.
Germany sells energy when it is windy and has a lot of sun. But buys and fires their coal and gas power plants when it is not. Which is a lot. There is no way to store it. And this is a huge problem. Sad that they do not realize their choices are more damaging to the environment than the nuclear power plants.
They are crazy climate cultists. Environmentalists are communists in disguise. Conservationism is the virtuous form of environmentalism
They're watermelons; green on the outside red on the inside.
Environmental fascism is legit.
"no way to store it"
...forgive an ignorant question, but what about compressed gases/liquids?