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[MossRoad]

Ok I thought the comparison was being made as to vacant land with weeds abandoned by farmers? That is very rich in wildlife.

As a farmer you’d be shocked as to how much wildlife I see in farm fields. Deer, fox, eagles, hawks, pheasant, turkey, you name it.
I know what I’d rather have in my neighborhood.….
You want the solar panels??? you go ahead…..I’ll take the crops.
Heck people plant corn here just to attract deer

I have 20 acres of vacant land surrounded by cornfields. While the animals are out in the cornfields browsing, they live in my woods. Cornfield is like a grocery store.

Hayfield, on the other hand, attracts a lot of nests and nesting activity, fawns hiding near the wood edges, etc. Do you keep any wildlife easements, set asides? I have a friend that does hay, and he has those along streams, slopes, etc. He frequently sends me pictures of animals he sees while farming.

 

[5030]

I guess that you didn’t read my post that my LG panels are warranted to produce 90.6% after 25 years.

But will LG be around in 25 years to warrant them? I doubt it seriously. Solar panel manufacturers come and go like the wind today.

Besides, how can they even say that. They don't have a clue, only a best case scenario. Did LG even exist 25 years ago or in the solar panel business? Don't think so, so that 'warranty' is nothing but pie in the sky 'feel good' bs.

 

[Hay Dude]

I have 20 acres of vacant land surrounded by cornfields. While the animals are out in the cornfields browsing, they live in my woods. Cornfield is like a grocery store.

Hayfield, on the other hand, attracts a lot of nests and nesting activity, fawns hiding near the wood edges, etc. Do you keep any wildlife easements, set asides? I have a friend that does hay, and he has those along streams, slopes, etc. He frequently sends me pictures of animals he sees while farming.

Farm fields are for browsing and hunting. Woods are for hiding. All I see all day are foxes hawks and eagles hunting in fields. Covering them with solar panels will destroy bird of prey habitats. I would expect eagle and hawk populations to be reduced sharply where large tracts of land are covered in solar panels. Hawks and eagles need open space to spot their prey. Solar farms will make this nearly impossible.

Solar panel fields? Probably not much of anything for wildlife because maintenance will have mowers to keep the lawns cut low under them (and even more CO2 emissions). Maybe deer will hang out under them temporarily, but I’d still rather have a crop farm near me than a solar farm. Just saw this little guy while finishing up today

 

[orezok]

But will LG be around in 25 years to warrant them? I doubt it seriously. Solar panel manufacturers come and go like the wind today.

Besides, how can they even say that. They don't have a clue, only a best case scenario. Did LG even exist 25 years ago or in the solar panel business? Don't think so, so that 'warranty' is nothing but pie in the sky 'feel good' bs.

LG has been around for 75 years and will probably be around long after you are gone. They are a multi trillion dollar company with 83,000 employees. And you? I'm not worried about their existence.

 

[MossRoad]

Farm fields are for browsing and hunting. Woods are for hiding. All I see all day are foxes hawks and eagles hunting in fields. Covering them with solar panels will destroy bird of prey habitats. I would expect eagle and hawk populations to be reduced sharply where large tracts of land are covered in solar panels. Hawks and eagles need open space to spot their prey. Solar farms will make this nearly impossible.

Solar panel fields? Probably not much of anything for wildlife because maintenance will have mowers to keep the lawns cut low under them (and even more CO2 emissions). Maybe deer will hang out under them temporarily, but I’d still rather have a crop farm near me than a solar farm. Just saw this little guy while finishing up today

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Nice critter there.

 

[MossRoad]

LG has been around for 75 years and will probably be around long after you are gone. They are a multi trillion dollar company with 83,000 employees. And you? I'm not worried about their existence.

I just retired our 1985 Goldstar (LG) microwave. Still works. Wanted something larger.

 

[bmaverick]

But will LG be around in 25 years to warrant them? I doubt it seriously. Solar panel manufacturers come and go like the wind today.

Besides, how can they even say that. They don't have a clue, only a best case scenario. Did LG even exist 25 years ago or in the solar panel business? Don't think so, so that 'warranty' is nothing but pie in the sky 'feel good' bs.

Ovonics started in the USA back in the 80s by the famous scientist Stanford Ovshinsky. He is the Tesla of our day. He invented the following:

- Nickle Metal Hydride Battery; in laptops, cameras, cell phones, and EV vehicles. GM Impact, Chrysler Epic, and more etc.
- Flexible thin film solar panels. A huge revolution in solar panel technology. Enough to the point that 3D printing them is super EZ.
- flat screen TVs and monitors. Walk into any store with big screens. He made it ALL possible !!!
- rewritable CD & DVDs.
- Hydrogen fuel cells. This is huge. It will replace the stupid EVs with limited range and wait wait wait for the recharge.
- non-volatile phase-change memory. (the most high end computer memory to date)
- 400 patents worldwide.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_R._Ovshinsky

Think how our world would be without those items.

When Standford passed on, his company was absorbed by the joint-venture in Italy. And because of favorable tariffs to import solar panels vs. making in the USA, OVNICS US-SOLAR is made over there.
So, my panels have been around since then. Big deal of being out-of-warranty. LOL They are still pumping plenty of juice.

 

[Torvy]

And to make this a little about tractors, LS was spun off of LG and is owned/run by the same family.

As to the energy issue, Nuclear is far and away the best option available. Less footprint, less impact to the environment, considerably more power, not significantly affected by typical weather, and longer lasting.

 

[Hay Dude]

Aren’t the modern day environmental hipsters into Europe? ”Why cant we be more like Europe“ is all you hear.
France generates a full 70.6% of its power from NUKES

 

[ruffdog]

And to make this a little about tractors, LS was spun off of LG and is owned/run by the same family.

As to the energy issue, Nuclear is far and away the best option available. Less footprint, less impact to the environment, considerably more power, not significantly affected by typical weather, and longer lasting.

....and the spent rods and glowing cooling water goes where?