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Finishline42

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5. I get why you would object but...

Reply to hunter (Reply #4)

Tue Aug 3, 2021, 08:06 PM

Aug 2021

Wouldn't a solar farm provide permanent shade for both local plant and animal life?

Isn't there a possibility that the shade of a solar farm would help support those lifeforms?

Wouldn't condensation form on the backside of solar panels? Could a system be developed that would collect and store that moisture?

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Agreed... N/M Finishline42 Aug 2021 #2

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Building solar "farms" like that in the desert, like the one in the photo, is obscene. hunter Aug 2021 #4

I get why you would object but... Finishline42 Aug 2021 #5