Maggie's Farm

Merely refusing to accept the bald assertion of a net zero proponent isn't evidence I didn't read the article.

But please regal me with stories of the wisdom of relying on solar panels for electricity production at 42 degrees N. In a state that averages less than 100 sunny days a year. Where sunset is less than 11 hours after sunrise and shines at a very low declination during the part of the year that has the most demand for electrical power. During which time there will frequently be an abundance of clouds, as well as snow and ice storms that will cover the panels.

Which is really even worse than the analogous Texas reliance on wind power. Where wind killing high pressure systems park over the state for much of the high power demand season.

As I've told you before, much "green energy actually increases consumer's carbon footprint. That is never truer than when solar is installed in high latitude, humid climates.

Many trees will be cut down for solar farms, if they come to fruition Even residential rooftop panels frequently require tree removal. And commercial building rooftop can complicate snow load issues.

You seemingly have an unlimited supply.

I'm talking about authoritarianism because nazis and other LW socialist like using crisis's, both real and fake, as a pretext for expanding government authority. You advocate for the use of a fake crisis (fake as per your insistence you shouldn't be expected to make any sacrifices to address it) of climate change to expand government power.

"Massachusetts has about 70% of the solar power potential as Arizona," No AZ is almost 11X as large as MA. AZ has 142% of the per area solar potential of MA. And 105% of the population of MA. AZ has over 14X the per capita solar potential of MA. The data you cite, which likely only does a back of the envelope calculation of cloud cover does not account for ice and snow coverage of the panels, which will be an order of magnitude worse in MA than AZ. Additionally the data is based on the average per area solar potential of the states. Phonex and Tuson, where a large majority of the population live, have significantly higher solar potential than the state as a whole.

"Already, about 20% of the electricity in Massachusetts is generated by solar." Thats not consumption, which will be lower because of how badly production and consumption are mismatched. Peak production, in the summer, requires either that Natural gas plants be shut down, or power be exported out of state, or simply lost in transmission lines.
Peak demand will occur in winter, when solar production is 25-50% of its summer levels. Thats with less than 20% of heat in MA being powered with electricity. Should state residents be required to give up fossil fuels and wood for heating, as you should insist on, the demand for electrical power during the winter will increase by 500%+. Such a solar based system would be ruinously expensive, have far greater environmental impacts including a much higher carbon footprint that fossil fuel, and still be far less reliable.

And solar won't work as a base load power source even in AZ.

Yes. I used your 70% number to calculate that. What's your point? Do you have a point? Are you capable of actually making a point? Or responding in a way that actually addresses an argument? What exactly is your intention in the prolific passive aggressive comments you make on the internet? Is it just your way of getting attention?

Is it really your contention that climate activists don't frequently have an authoritarian bent? That they don't want to use mandates and subsidies to get outcomes that would never occur without those devices? Are you denying that there is a long history in the west of progressives using environmental "concerns" as a justification for implementing policies they favored for other reasons?

Yes. I used your 70% number to calculate that. What's your point? Do you have a point? Are you capable of actually making a point? Or responding in a way that actually addresses an argument? What exactly is your intention in the prolific passive aggressive comments you make on the internet? Is it just your way of getting attention?