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FBaggins

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14. Lol... try a little reading comprehension.
Tue May 1, 2012, 01:15 PM
May 2012

I never said I was a "against doing anything that would stop the next Fukushima"...

... I simply laughed at the ridiculous notion that you think you proposed something that would have stopped this one.

Propose moving generators (or adding them) well above where a tsunami could strike. Propose putting them in water-tight structures. Propose not building nuclear plants in tsunami-prone areas. Propose a backup turbine options that allows one reactor to provide backup power for others. Propose increasing battery supplies tenfold. Propose any number of further-redundant backup options... all fine.

But let's not pretend that "if they had only had solar panels at Fukushima... the reactors would have been saved!" That's just nonsense.

The tsunami hit just a couple hours before sundown. It's unlikely that a solar power system would have survived the earthquake/tsunami in the first place, but if it had... solar PV systems still need to deal with what we call "night".

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Yep RobertEarl May 2012 #1
Big solar has won? FBaggins May 2012 #2
I hear you RobertEarl May 2012 #3
All the billions trying to kill it? FBaggins May 2012 #4
Every rooftop is "few"?? RobertEarl May 2012 #6
Lol. FBaggins May 2012 #8
Image in this RobertEarl May 2012 #9
Lovely imagination you have. FBaggins May 2012 #10
You have no imagination? RobertEarl May 2012 #11
You're kidding, right? FBaggins May 2012 #12
Geeez RobertEarl May 2012 #13
Lol... try a little reading comprehension. FBaggins May 2012 #14
damn RobertEarl May 2012 #15
You think solar power systems are immune to solar storms? NickB79 May 2012 #16
Were you under the impression that the grid becomes safe... FBaggins May 2012 #17
Here's ya some internet RobertEarl May 2012 #18
Thanks for proving my point. FBaggins May 2012 #19
heh RobertEarl May 2012 #20
Can you give a few examples? FBaggins May 2012 #21
This says nothing about using solar to run back-up generators at NPP's NickB79 May 2012 #22
I know that RobertEarl May 2012 #23
Of course a solar array would work kristopher May 2012 #24
Then why don't you take a shot at the question? FBaggins May 2012 #25
Baggins, baggins, baggins RobertEarl May 2012 #27
Please provide this "consensus" you speak of. FBaggins May 2012 #29
Whoa, Dude RobertEarl May 2012 #30
Lol... what a shocker. FBaggins May 2012 #32
Louisiana Solar Rebates and Incentives kristopher May 2012 #33
Sorry... you're really going to run with that? FBaggins May 2012 #34
I think you and Fbaggins are talking past each other here NickB79 May 2012 #35
There was significant press coverage that all the wind and most of the solar survived Fukushima. kristopher May 2012 #36
You and your constant stream of red herrings become very tiresome kristopher May 2012 #28
I think he's losing it, Kris RobertEarl May 2012 #31
yep RobertEarl May 2012 #26
Baggins is in denial... kristopher May 2012 #5
He is in 'somewhere' RobertEarl May 2012 #7
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