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California to Cover Canals With Toxic Solar Panels
« on: September 02, 2022, 10:13:03 am »
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California to Cover Canals With Toxic Solar Panels
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Solar panels, which contain dangerous toxins like Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic and toxic plastics, are to be installed as covers for California’s water supply canals.

California to try tackling drought with canal-top solar panels

Watt an interesting idea

Brandon Vigliarolo

California is ready to try out something that could help it save water and generate electricity at the same time: solar panels over irrigation canals.

For this proof-of-concept experiment, some 8,500 feet of photovoltaic panels will be installed over waterways just north of Turlock, central California, generating electricity while preventing water from evaporating away.

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Re: California to Cover Canals With Toxic Solar Panels
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2022, 10:14:03 am »
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Re: California to Cover Canals With Toxic Solar Panels
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2022, 10:28:30 am »
No plans to build desalinization and waste water recycling plants?

No need to cover canals with solar panels if there's no water.  They'd just be covering gullies.
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Re: California to Cover Canals With Toxic Solar Panels
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2022, 11:34:36 am »
No plans to build desalinization and waste water recycling plants?

No need to cover canals with solar panels if there's no water.  They'd just be covering gullies.
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Re: California to Cover Canals With Toxic Solar Panels
« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2022, 12:34:40 pm »
Over time, with the constant thermal loading, the panels will develop microcracks which will be infiltrated by moisture from the canals, which will fog up and/or short circuit the panels, leaving them as very expensive covers that do nothing more than cover the canals. 

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Re: California to Cover Canals With Toxic Solar Panels
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2022, 02:17:33 am »
Over time, with the constant thermal loading, the panels will develop microcracks which will be infiltrated by moisture from the canals, which will fog up and/or short circuit the panels, leaving them as very expensive covers that do nothing more than cover the canals.
Sure, but the Chicoms will make a ton of money and the people pushing the project will get their kickbacks and that's all they care about.