Duck Pond Redneckery

[GAnthony]

I got bored, which got me to thinking, do solar panels which are are black and black adsorbs heat, add to global warming?

So I took some stuff down to the neighbors solar panels, and here are the numbers, the ambient temperature was 96 degrees the panels themselves were 147 degrees I then hung a baggie of water 12 inches above the panels and the water temp eventually got to 132 degrees, I put some shade above the water so the heat gain came directly from the panels.

So while it might drive some tree huggers and a lot of demonrats nuts, I
thinks this proves their green BS does indeed add to global warming and with all the solar fields we now have it adds a lot!!

solar panels have a short lifespan, so you'd have to pay for them again, as well as the labor. ( i was told by a club member who had them installed on his house, is 15-20 years) as he was told by the contractor. then you pay all over again, and start the "pay back" for another 15-20 years.

it was in a real estate magazine here, the new buyers to homes, do not want them.......so one might be stuck with a house they cannot sell, and may have to reduce the price substantially. also, to be effective in the weight of the panels, one MUST have a new roof, which would include all new wood underlayment.

one can "lease" the panels, and get Nearly the same discounts as an Owner of the panels. but you will have a lease payment...wanna sell that house with a lease on the panels..??

good luck.

no one wants extra baggage.

i'll not waste my time..

in contrast, my gun club has land next to the building.......the VP was saying the board ought to look into using that land for a solar panel "farm"...

that might work for them, to cut the costs of heating and a/c.

but in the end, the cost to return ratio, for "some" may never amount to the overall cost.

 

[Duck]

solar panels have a short lifespan, so you'd have to pay for them again, as well as the labor. ( i was told by a club member who had them installed on his house, is 15-20 years) as he was told by the contractor. then you pay all over again, and start the "pay back" for another 15-20 years.

it was in a real estate magazine here, the new buyers to homes, do not want them.......so one might be stuck with a house they cannot sell, and may have to reduce the price substantially. also, to be effective in the weight of the panels, one MUST have a new roof, which would include all new wood underlayment.

one can "lease" the panels, and get Nearly the same discounts as an Owner of the panels. but you will have a lease payment...wanna sell that house with a lease on the panels..??

good luck.

no one wants extra baggage.

i'll not waste my time..

in contrast, my gun club has land next to the building.......the VP was saying the board ought to look into using that land for a solar panel "farm"...

that might work for them, to cut the costs of heating and a/c.

but in the end, the cost to return ratio, for "some" may never amount to the overall cost.

There are tons of ways to mooch free solar panels from the government, using funds they've already stolen for that purpose.

It depends on your state.


I wouldn't pay for solar panels unless they're on the roof of a big RV and can run the air conditioning, or at least significantly reduce the load on a generator so it uses less fuel.

 

[389 Hood]

I had some dude trying his best to sell me solar panels. I'm told him politely, no! He kept insisting until I let loose on him about his greenie agenda, his Tesla that cost more to sit in my driveway than it saves him and the fact that i was NOT going to attach solar panel to my $35,000 metal roof.

 

[Duck]

I just noticed a house down the road from me has solar panels on the pole barn.

The barn is oriented east/west and the solar panels are on the south side of the roof.

I keep seeing these ads that say you can get free or cheap solar panels if you have the proper location (roof not shaded by trees) and you have to enter your zip code to find out if it's available in your area. I've never checked mine.



But if you look to the future, electric bills are going to skyrocket very soon because the left is shutting down coal and nuclear plants, and they're probably never going to build any more hydro plants because man-made deep water reservoirs cause earthquakes.

It's just going to be wind and solar because nobody with any brains has any kind of power or influence any more.

And they're going to multiply this country's electricity consumption by ten with these EVs.

Demand up, supply down = astronomical price.
If they enact price caps, every private utility will go bankrupt unless the government subsidizes the shit out of it to the point where they will do anything they're told in order to keep that government money coming. Meaning cut off power to red voting districts or individual people they don't like, give free electricity to the ruling class of illegal aliens and sexual deviants.

You know the cowards in this country are never going to rise up and stop this no matter how many guns we all have.


Solar panel technology is improving though. I forget where they're at now. Something like 25-30% of the solar energy hitting the panel gets converted to electricity.

That's similar to gas and diesel engines. Roughly 25-35% of the energy in the fuel gets converted to mechanical force, the rest is converted to heat, or not even burned completely. (exhaust gases)

I don't remember where the hell I was going with this .

Oh, yeah eventually the narcissistic psychopaths running the country are going to make it too expensive to NOT have solar panels.

 

[Electric Chicken]

I just noticed a house down the road from me has solar panels on the pole barn.

The barn is oriented east/west and the solar panels are on the south side of the roof.

I keep seeing these ads that say you can get free or cheap solar panels if you have the proper location (roof not shaded by trees) and you have to enter your zip code to find out if it's available in your area. I've never checked mine.



But if you look to the future, electric bills are going to skyrocket very soon because the left is shutting down coal and nuclear plants, and they're probably never going to build any more hydro plants because man-made deep water reservoirs cause earthquakes.

It's just going to be wind and solar because nobody with any brains has any kind of power or influence any more.

And they're going to multiply this country's electricity consumption by ten with these EVs.

Demand up, supply down = astronomical price.
If they enact price caps, every private utility will go bankrupt unless the government subsidizes the shit out of it to the point where they will do anything they're told in order to keep that government money coming. Meaning cut off power to red voting districts or individual people they don't like, give free electricity to the ruling class of illegal aliens and sexual deviants.

You know the cowards in this country are never going to rise up and stop this no matter how many guns we all have.


Solar panel technology is improving though. I forget where they're at now. Something like 25-30% of the solar energy hitting the panel gets converted to electricity.

That's similar to gas and diesel engines. Roughly 25-35% of the energy in the fuel gets converted to mechanical force, the rest is converted to heat, or not even burned completely. (exhaust gases)

I don't remember where the hell I was going with this .

Oh, yeah eventually the narcissistic psychopaths running the country are going to make it too expensive to NOT have solar panels.

Are you trying to justify becoming a greenie, Greta?

 

[389 Hood]

That is one twisted little girl there. She has a lot more than one screw loose.

 

[Electric Chicken]

That is one twisted little girl there. She has a lot more than one screw loose.

I blame the parents. Otherwise she'd just be a normal ugly woman. I can say she's ugly because she isn't a child anymore.

She probably also wouldn't be ugly if she wasn't so... psycho. Girls can be pretty if they're sweet even if they're not models.

IOW attitude plays a huge role in attractiveness.

 

[Duck]

Are you trying to justify becoming a greenie, Greta?

There's a difference between NOT trashing the planet, and calling for the end of human civilization to protect an endangered species of caterpillar.

 

[Electric Chicken]

There's a difference between NOT trashing the planet, and calling for the end of human civilization to protect an endangered species of caterpillar.

 

[krelithous]

Are you trying to justify becoming a greenie, Greta?

next he will be driving an electric with his panties on

 

[Duck]

next he will be driving an electric with his panties on

I dunno.... Maybe an electric truck can pull out these tree stumps in my yard.

I had all 6 tires ripping up the grass in 4-low and Sarah said the stumps weren't even wiggling.

I'm not gonna risk fucking up the trailer hitch by yanking on it like some kind of jackass.

Of course, I can't see a damn thing behind this truck unless I put the tailgate down.

 

[Electric Chicken]

I dunno.... Maybe an electric truck can pull out these tree stumps in my yard.

I had all 6 tires ripping up the grass in 4-low and Sarah said the stumps weren't even wiggling.

I'm not gonna risk fucking up the trailer hitch by yanking on it like some kind of jackass.

Of course, I can't see a damn thing behind this truck unless I put the tailgate down.

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Sarah looks embarrassed. Obviously questioning her life choices.

She's thinking this is not the man I Murrayed.

 

[389 Hood]

Judging by that wheelbase, it's like mine and takes a football field to turn it around.

 

[Duck]

Sarah looks embarrassed. Obviously questioning her life choices.

She's thinking this is not the man I Murrayed.

She was looking at my dad.

He's got spinal stenosis and can't move much, unless he's hopped up on pain pills.

He is in constant pain unless he's sitting on the recliner in a reclined position.

I'm taking him to an appointment this morning for a spine injection that's supposed to buy time before the surgery.

But the other day he was hopped up on the happy pills and decided to take his 3-wheel recumbent bike to the park.

He was gone longer than expected, so we hopped in the diesel (My dad calls it Vinny) and went & found him.

He was OK and was loading the bike into his S-10. He said he rode it all over town and put 17 miles on its odometer.

He can't hardly walk but he can ride his tricycle.

 

[Duck]

Judging by that wheelbase, it's like mine and takes a football field to turn it around.

It's like maneuvering a big-truck without a trailer except it doesn't hop around in a tight turn because there's only one drive axle.
Unless you have the 4wd on. Then it hops around when turning.

 

[gearjammer]

stenosis is insidious I have lost count of all the injections I have had. so far I have had 6 nerves burnt off 2 more to come in the next few months, and a laminectomy and while it all helps the pain never really goes away it just migrates to other parts of your back
and that damn pain scale is useless I have built up a good amount of tolerance to pain over the years and what I say is a 5 could be another persons 8 or 9

 

[Duck]

stenosis is insidious I have lost count of all the injections I have had. so far I have had 6 nerves burnt off 2 more to come in the next few months, and a laminectomy and while it all helps the pain never really goes away it just migrates to other parts of your back
and that damn pain scale is useless I have built up a good amount of tolerance to pain over the years and what I say is a 5 could be another persons 8 or 9

His pain is felt on his legs right below the ass cheeks, but the pinched nerves are in his lower lumbar

 

[gearjammer]

I had a lot of pain in my legs the laminectomy helped A LOT it was actually done to relieve legs pain and not so much for the stenosis in my back
I still have some leg pain mostly because both of my hips have been replaced

 

[389 Hood]

I'll tell you the truth when I'm done eating. PITA to type.

 

[389 Hood]

As some of you know, my back pretty much made me quit trucking. I have/had 3 discs in my lower back that are herniated. I did all of the doctor thing, the MRI's, injections, massages, right up to going under the laser. The company that was going to do the laser surgery was, as I thought, a reputable medical center. Top reviews, docs, patient praises, YouTube vids, all of it. They led me on through all of the tests and when it came time to schedule the procedure, I'm told my insurance doesn't cover it. WTF?

This is after over $1000 in co-pays and driving 60 miles round trip for each of the appointments. I was sooooo pissed. Because I have no work schedule, I decided to give the Coast2Coast doc, Dr. Joel Wallach's program a try. I explained it all to him and he said give me 90 days and I'll have you up and moving. If it doesn't work, you get all your money back. Being a gullible and in pain person, I did it. I have 2 more weeks of the 90 days and in all honesty, I do really feel better. I cut the dosages a bit because they were getting too much for my stomach. No more acetaminophen, Ibuprofen, Tramadol, or any other pain drugs, unless I really overdo it working on something.

I'm almost back to abnormal. I walk the dog 3 miles a day with almost no pain. I bend, sit, lay down, swim, work on my car just like I used too. No OTC or pharma drugs. Am I 100%? Not yet, but I feel I'm on the right track. I made 66 a few weeks ago and move better now than when I was 60.

I'll continue on with the program, just cutting some of the dosages down to a level that would be considered normal. It costs me less per month than all of the co-pays did.