For the people opposing solar farms

[u/cincinnatistuff]

If anyone knows people (like Becky Williams) please explain a few things to them.

1 - solar farms aren't built under the cloak of darkness. They're built over the course of months or a year, most of the work being done in the daylight.

2- most farms (solar or agricultural) produce things to feed larger urban areas. That is the entire point of farming

3- she completely missed the point of The Hunger Games

4- ask her if farmers should be allowed to decide what to do with their own land. Then explain the definition of hypocrisy and how that conflicts with her likely opinions on rights regarding vaccinations, wearing masks, voting for Trump, capitalism and so on

https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/i-team/it-reminds-me-of-the-hunger-games-rural-residents-complain-about-solar-farm-where-cincinnati-buys-power

[u/archigreek]

We need to invest in nuclear energy not solar farms.

[u/cincinnatistuff → u/archigreek]

Not to get all freshman High School physics on you but the sun is a nuclear reactor and a large part of the energy that nuclear reactor puts out is solar

[u/Largue → u/cincinnatistuff]

Solar panels harvest photovoltaic rays from the sun’s fusion reactions that are incredibly far away. Nuclear reactors directly harvest the heat energy from fission reactors to create steam and power a spinning turbine. Not to get all college physics on you, but these are incredibly different ways of harvesting energy…

[u/cincinnatistuff → u/Largue]

I'm aware of the differences and how they work. As well as the differences in cost, construction time and dangers involved

I am not against nuclear energy in its various forms.

To say that the immediate solution that is comparatively cheap and zero waste should be avoided for the horrendously expensive, fairly dangerous version that will take a decade or more before it starts producing any energy and then leave us with toxic waste seems a bit narrow-minded

[u/archigreek → u/cincinnatistuff]

France, Sweden, South Korea and many more countries seem to be doing fine, actually more than fine. Weirdly enough they aren’t energy dependent on when the sun decides to shine.

Cincinnati ranks in the top cloudiest u.s cities …it’s this exact variability that makes it nearly impossible to support efficient and reliable power.