Texas hail storm destroys 1000s of acres of solar panels

[Groogo]

https://twitter.com/Roughneck2real/status/1772339177264148491

The damage is devastating, not to mention the clean-up of all of that environmentally corrosive material. What did the small amount of power generated solve?

[potato]

"green energy" is a scam to tax people more

[Hairy Hands Harry]

Oooooooh. It is on Twitter. So it just has to be true. It just has to be. Poor Groogo thinks it has to be true.

[Groogo]

Originally posted by potato:

"green energy" is a scam to tax people more

It looks good on paper eh..

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The last hail storm here broke my windshield and put dents in my car. That is what hail does since it's balls of ice.

[Groogo]

Originally posted by For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge:

The last hail storm here broke my windshield and put dents in my car. That is what hail does since it's balls of ice.

I have been thru a few, I have had to grab a sheet of plywood and hold it above my head and my car to protect both before, some are absolutely brutal!

[Boblin the Goblin]

Originally posted by Groogo:

https://twitter.com/Roughneck2real/status/1772339177264148491

The damage is devastating, not to mention the clean-up of all of that environmentally corrosive material. What did the small amount of power generated solve?

Except[www.newsweek.com] these panels have been reported as to not having those materials. As well as the toxic materials are a film within the panel itself. Cracking the panels does not cause any of them to 'leak' out.

But hey, it's easier to make stuff up than do basic research.

[THIS GAME ⁧⁧SUCKS]

If we stick with coal, won't have to worry about hail anymore!

[Stingray_tm]

Not using green energy will produce more intense hail storms and thus more damage. Even to your precious cars running on gas.

[Goose]

Originally posted by SlowMango:

Originally posted by Groogo:

https://twitter.com/Roughneck2real/status/1772339177264148491

The damage is devastating, not to mention the clean-up of all of that environmentally corrosive material. What did the small amount of power generated solve?

Except[www.newsweek.com] these panels have been reported as to not having those materials. As well as the toxic materials are a film within the panel itself. Cracking the panels does not cause any of them to 'leak' out.

But hey, it's easier to make stuff up than do basic research.

i have solar panels myself and i can confirm that they do actually have like mega corrosive materials inside of them.
i cracked one by accident once and my legs melted off and a smoldering pit approximately 10 feet deep swallowed up the panels.

[steven1mac]

Of the solar cells that my father has, only 3 broke a few years ago when it hailed, but it required hail the size of baseball or bigger for them to break. It tore the living daylights our of my car, and I was parked under a tree, so it takes a decent force to break the panels.

[Stingray_tm]

Originally posted by Goose:

Originally posted by SlowMango:

Except[www.newsweek.com] these panels have been reported as to not having those materials. As well as the toxic materials are a film within the panel itself. Cracking the panels does not cause any of them to 'leak' out.

But hey, it's easier to make stuff up than do basic research.

i have solar panels myself and i can confirm that they do actually have like mega corrosive materials inside of them.
i cracked one by accident once and my legs melted off and a smoldering pit approximately 10 feet deep swallowed up the panels.

This is what you get for using Xenomorphs as material for your panels.

[Goose]

Originally posted by Stingray_tm:

Originally posted by Goose:

i have solar panels myself and i can confirm that they do actually have like mega corrosive materials inside of them.
i cracked one by accident once and my legs melted off and a smoldering pit approximately 10 feet deep swallowed up the panels.

This is what you get for using Xenomorphs as material for your panels.

i know. 😔

i learned my lesson and have since moved to environmentally friendly coal power for my house.

[Groogo]

Originally posted by steven1mac:

Of the solar cells that my father has, only 3 broke a few years ago when it hailed, but it required hail the size of baseball or bigger for them to break. It tore the living daylights our of my car, and I was parked under a tree, so it takes a decent force to break the panels.

Good to know. I find solar panels for a single-use application ie: A home (or homesteads) to be an excellent innovation.

[Hairy Hands Harry]

I found a site that says the panels are supposed to have a hail damage rating. Some are better than others. There are also extra covers you can put over them if you expect large hail. But if you go cheap ...

https://www.energy.gov/femp/hail-damage-mitigation-solar-photovoltaic-systems

[sleeps]

You know. That happened