Recent comments in /f/Maine

cyriousn t1_jd92a4k wrote

Reply to Maine's Energy future by mainething

The construction cost alone would prevent this from happening on existing infastructure. You would have dc voltage drop between the panels and the long linear run to the inverters. You have service clearances for all of this equipment. The middle of the road either has existing underground drainage or is sloped down for drainage away from the roads so the slope is not flat fkr equipment. The trees on the side of the road would likely cause shading limiting the production. The power off the inverters are usually output around 600v which require a transformer to step it up to a distribution voltage to go any reasonable distance to fight voltage drop. Then the existing overhead lines they connect into need to have the ability to carry the power back into substations and even a lot of those are at full capacity. That's why solar developers typically pick sites close to substations or transmission lines to inject a high power density in one location. So yeah this is a terrible idea lol.

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metatron207 t1_jd9172u wrote

Reply to comment by MoistLobst3r in Maine's Energy future by mainething

> why does it have to come out of our pockets

It's either that, or it comes out of the pockets of those who are already wealthy, and they continue to charge us for the privilege of accessing infrastructure that should freely benefit everyone. I'd much rather pay my small part of these costs and have it available to everyone than help the rich get richer.

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iBarber111 t1_jd90ziu wrote

Reply to comment by ISeeDeadDaleks in Suuuuuure by Eyesonsunday

Yeah unlike a lot of police departments, you're not bound by a requirement to buy American 😂 - although some people do self-impose that rule. Basically every car on the market nowadays is an SUV - you've got endless uncoplike options.

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meowmix778 t1_jd90i8z wrote

Reply to Do you have a traditional cable TV subscription? by benpinette

I got rid of cable like 2011? Then I got dish or direct tv in like 2013 for less than a year because I missed live sports and I was sick of going to bars or watching pirated streams. But then I realized I'm fine doing that if it means saving 100s per month.

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ISeeDeadDaleks t1_jd90guh wrote

Reply to comment by iBarber111 in Suuuuuure by Eyesonsunday

Thank you! In my mind the only type of people who buy ford explorers these days are cop wannabes. It freaks me out. If you want a large suv buy one of the many options from the zillion other carmakers. They’re probably more reliable too.

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Erin-DidYouFindMe t1_jd8ypls wrote

Reply to comment by jarnhestur in Maine's Energy future by mainething

China, Korea, Japan, and Nordic Countries are all doing this (or nearly identical) systems, many modeled off of the Chinese model you see above. China is - for all intents and purposes - the most prolific solar producer in the world.

Your feelings about the Chinese are blinding you to the solutions that are being created.

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iBarber111 t1_jd8yp93 wrote

Reply to Suuuuuure by Eyesonsunday

If you buy one of these cars, you're a cop at least in spirit. Blows my mind why a civilian would want to drive this. I don't care how good the price was at the auction - give me literally anything else.

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DamienSalvation t1_jd8ygs9 wrote

Reply to comment by Numerous_Vegetable_3 in Maine's Energy future by mainething

If the private sector wants to pay for it I don't give a shit but yeah maintaining 300 miles of solar panels in the middle of a highway in the middle of nowhere Maine is just fairy tale thinking. Show me a study on how this would work before floating the idea lol

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