http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/12/business/energy-environment/a-cornucopia-of-help-for-renewable-energy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The California Valley Solar Ranch under construction near Santa Margarita. By ERIC LIPTON and CLIFFORD KRAUSSPublished: November 11, 2011
Picture: This picture shows a wide spread of solar panels. This is what NRG Energy is looking to do.
Summary: Between LA and San Francisco, NRG Energy is building a medley of almost one millions solaro panels. These panels will be located on a once cattle ranch and gypsum mine. This source of energy is said to be able to "produce enough electricity to power about 100,000 homes."
Opinion: I think that it is awesome that we are finally trying to use more resources other than the ones that we are running out of due to the limitedness of it. Personally, I would like to see more energy efficient items being used around the world but this is a great start. Hopefull, the people's tax dollars will not increase too much to pay for the installment. I think that this is a wonderfully giant step forward!
Questions:
1. Do you think this will help of harm the people who are recieving the energy? Why or why not?
2. What do you think about the fact that these are being placed ontop of an abandoned mine and cattle farm? Why?
3. Do you think that the government will continue to fund this project? Explain.
If you go onto google and type in "nrg energy" in the subject line for images, the picture I chose will be the 5th one to the right.
ReplyDeleteI think there are some drawbacks to these solar panels like it will not always be sunny out, but for the most part, i think these soler pannels are a great idea.I think that it is a great ide to place these pannels ontop of abandoned spaces, mostly because they are wide open and tons of the suns rays can get to the pannels. I can not tell wheather the government willkeep finding this project or not.
ReplyDeleteThis reminded me of the time i was drivin to my grandparents house in NC. We kept passing wide open fields witjh abandoned cottoon plants everywhere. Now im thinking, why not make this a good place for solar pannels?
Wow, a million solar panels power only one hundred thousand homes? I cannot believe that! It is still a step taken and that is all that matters. And I have heard about those San Diego houses with plants on their roofs too. Always seems like California is the first to do eco-friendly things. The first time I learned about solar panels was around 5th grade or so and I have always thought about them as being really cool. Cool as in the way they looked and the way they worked. That goes for wind power too.
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Depends. If the people pay their taxes or are willing to possibly donate money to help with the upkeep since the government is in deep deep debt right now. Which kind of disappoints me. I hear they are in trillions of dollars in debt and there are no population protests right now, and they do keep track of the money being made, so why don't they try and spend money on keeping Earth alive? No Earth, no humans.
A million solar panels will definitely help in the long run. Alternative energy sources are always beneficial and should be perferred over fossil fuels. Alternatives are renewable while fossil fuels are not. But all these solar panels do sound expensive. One of the reasons why some people don't like to use alternatives is because they can be expensive. The government should continue to fund this project. Even though our economy is very bad, sticking with this project will help us out in the long run.
ReplyDeletethis is great that we're finally doing something to help and not harm the environment for once. It's a big leap, what this farm is doing, and I'm glad to see it go in the right direction. Also, I'm glad to see that it's replacing an old mine shack because it's something so great replacing something so bad. Mining facilities are horrible for the environment and getting rid of them is exactly what we need.
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