30 Jun 2023 9:00 am
Coal mines often have explosions and catch fire. There is one one in PA that has been burning underground for forty years. And Oil refineries BLOW UP as well. And after they blow up, they are on fire and the fire must be extinguished.Beekeeper » 30 Jun 2023, 8:53 am » wrote: ↑ Gee, that's funny. I've NEVER heard of a COAL OR NATURAL GAS fired power plant being "totally destroyed" by HAIL.
Imagine that....
Multimillion dollar solar project gets reduced to a heap of toxic rubble by one single hail storm.
The Scottsbluff, Nebraska 5.2 MW Community Solar project was part of the NPPD’s Sunwise program that consisted of an array has over 14,000 solar panels. It’s reported that it had been put into operation in 2019.
Surely the project had been ceremoniously put into operation, with dignitaries and proponents proclaiming it would reliably deliver cheap and clean energy, reduce the state’s carbon footprint and contribute to a bright and climate-friendly future.Now it has been just recently reported that the multimillion dollar solar energy park was literally reduced to a heap of rubble as hail literally pummeled it to a pulp in just a matter of minutes days ago.
https://twitter.com/WxWyDaryl/status/16 ... ilstorm%2F
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv_nS5rXreA
Dreams vs reality
“This project will help the city achieve its goal to reduce our carbon footprint and stabilize city costs for the next 25 years,” said Nathan D. Johnson, City Manager, City of Scottsbluff. “Through projects like this, we hope to offer an affordable ‘green’ option to our residents, both residential and commercial, to reap the benefits as well.”
That was the dream. A couple of days ago we witnessed the reality.
Now residents will surely have to rely on good old, reliable fossil fuel power to keep the electricity flowing.
And how long will it take to clean up the toxic mess left behind?
I am pretty sure repairing a solar array will take less time and pollute less than a that huge refinery explosion they had near Houston a years or so ago.
There is very little that humans can create that cannot be destroyed by weather, hurricanes, tornadoes, sunamis, volcanoes and earthquakes.