01-22-2013, 08:02 AM
Recent irony regarding Chinese solar PV panels. Beijing is going through a smog-pocalypse the past few weeks, noted by several photographs:
http://img.rasset.ie/0006e761-642.jpg
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guar...lu-010.jpg
http://wordlesstech.com/2013/01/21/a-sce...de-runner/
The primary reason is China is going full scale coal for a lot of their electric power, and with non filtering stacks. The reason they need to burn so much coal? Electricity for manufacturing. And one of those industries is manufacturing solar PV panels. Solar panels require huge amounts of electricity, as well as fresh water, to be consumed at their source so that they may provide "free,clean" energy at their final locations.
"It was a majority decision to descend into the Dark Ages. Don't worry, be happy, bang on da drum all day!"
http://img.rasset.ie/0006e761-642.jpg
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guar...lu-010.jpg
http://wordlesstech.com/2013/01/21/a-sce...de-runner/
The primary reason is China is going full scale coal for a lot of their electric power, and with non filtering stacks. The reason they need to burn so much coal? Electricity for manufacturing. And one of those industries is manufacturing solar PV panels. Solar panels require huge amounts of electricity, as well as fresh water, to be consumed at their source so that they may provide "free,clean" energy at their final locations.
"It was a majority decision to descend into the Dark Ages. Don't worry, be happy, bang on da drum all day!"
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*