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minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 days agoThat’s funny, but modern solar panel power plants don’t care that it’s winter. The panels rotate and an arid area isn’t getting that much more cloud cover.
minus-squareDreamlandLividity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-219 days agoThe article says the ones it talks about do. Also, rotating panels can’t stop days from being shorter in winter.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoI’m not saying it’s not lower. I’m saying it’s not nearly as big of a deal as people say it is.
minus-squareDreamlandLividity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoSo what are you saying exactly? With what issue would using hydrogen help?
minus-squarephx@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoNight? Longer periods of cloudy days or storms?
minus-squareDreamlandLividity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoSo we are not using it for cars, but to make electricity at night? Just even less efficiently than hydro pumped power? Ok…
That’s funny, but modern solar panel power plants don’t care that it’s winter. The panels rotate and an arid area isn’t getting that much more cloud cover.
The article says the ones it talks about do. Also, rotating panels can’t stop days from being shorter in winter.
I’m not saying it’s not lower. I’m saying it’s not nearly as big of a deal as people say it is.
So what are you saying exactly? With what issue would using hydrogen help?
Night? Longer periods of cloudy days or storms?
So we are not using it for cars, but to make electricity at night? Just even less efficiently than hydro pumped power? Ok…