Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

Gstamsharp t1_jdn4yzp wrote

Reply to comment by dirtyoldman20 in Dozens of York County properties will be underwater if Pa. energy project is approved by Aggravating_Foot_528

Sure, but if you put solar on the roof of every new structure, or heck, the roofs of the existing buildings in the city, you wouldn't need to build the destructive supplemental power supplies in the first place.

4

Socketfusion t1_jdoyie5 wrote

>you wouldn't need to build the destructive supplemental power supplies in the first place.

Yes you would, just less of them. A major manufacturing plant isn't going to be able to fully supply it's power with just solar on its roof tops. It would need a massive solar farm plus a lot of battery storage. You might be able to supply, and even oversupply, your house most of the year. And when you are generating more than you need you can help supply your neighbors. But you aren't going to be able move that excess generation very far. Like anything, distance causes losses. That is why we have giant transformers on one end to transmit electricity at high voltage and low current, then switch it back to low voltages and higher current for actual use.

1

dirtyoldman20 t1_jdoiz6m wrote

If we do as planned . Get rid of every gas stove and every home heater and water heater and convert to all electric and convert our cars to full electric , after they put up panels on every roof top in NYC . After Covered every green spot in NYC with solar panels they would still need to cut down every tree and cover ever blade of grass and raise every house in Pennsylvania just to power New York CITY ONLY .alone .. If we covered Pennsylvania in glass not a single watt would be used by Pennsylvania

−3