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Take Me Out to the Renewably-Powered Ballgame

Posted April 15, 2012 4:05 PM

From Scientific American:

The redbirds are turning green. It's not some blight changing cardinals' colors, it's solar panels at Busch Stadium where the World Champion St. Louis Cardinals play.

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Re: Take Me Out to the Renewably-Powered Ballgame

04/16/2012 2:39 PM

The photovoltaics should pump out 32,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity this year.

HAHAHAHAHA. At what COST? Efficiency? Store it where for night use?

"Should?" and who is left holding the bag when it DOESNT?

Notice these alt scams only look at point of use, like the electric car fraud that pretends that remote generation and transmission is somehow more efficient and makes less pollution.

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Re: Take Me Out to the Renewably-Powered Ballgame

04/17/2012 5:04 PM

"Store it where for night use?"

I geuss the entire concept of net metering is beyond your comprehension....

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