Chuck, true cost renewables

**Guest** · Aug 29, 2019, 20:35

possibly , he is without power ? lack of sun this summer, batteries are dead ?

**sumdumguy** · Aug 29, 2019, 20:38

Man, every Tom, Dick and Harry taking advantage of solar subsidy to jump on the band wagon. Even solar panels on garden shacks.Yep our money down the tubes.

**furrowtickler** · Aug 29, 2019, 21:15

You see guys .... strip mining and leveling mountain is ok though for rare earth minerals needed for solar panels.... itâ€™s all optics and following the money as many have said here before.... SFA to do with the environment or climate

**chuckChuck** · Aug 30, 2019, 07:49

I currently have 18 hp of aeration fans running during a sunny day and still producing extra electricity.

There is an environmental impact to everything. Fossil fuels have a bigger impact. Especially coal.

I am glad that you are all concerned about the environment.

**AlbertaFarmer5** · Aug 30, 2019, 07:52

Originally posted by chuckChuck View Post

There is an environmental impact to everything. Fossil fuels have a bigger impact. Especially coal.

Would you care to back up that claim with a full life cycle analysis in the real world. Cut and paste format is acceptable.

**blackpowder** · Aug 30, 2019, 08:55

I'm quite happy to burn cheap, emissions scrubbed coal to run my 80 hp of fans as well as the yard.
Oh, but wait, with the tripling of conventional power and distribution costs, I have to have a diesel generator on half of them. How's that for eco- friendly????

**Robertbarlage** · Aug 30, 2019, 08:57

Cost was $45,000.00 to run a ten hp fan off of solar panels that I was quoted! That will pay ! Ah not!

**Robertbarlage** · Aug 30, 2019, 08:58

And that would only run at peak sun hours of the day which is only 5hrs lol

**blackpowder** · Aug 30, 2019, 09:08

My quote was $38k to run 3 phase <400 yards.

Chuck, true cost renewables