On Sat, 18 Jul 2020 13:12:41 -0600, jay > wrote:

>On 7/18/20 8:56 AM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
>>
>> I doubt his roof has enough area at the correct exposure for solar
>> panels to produce much. Where I live a lot of people place the solar
>> panels in their yard on posts that are cemented into the ground so
>> they're up off the ground so they can mow around them and so they can
>> brush the snow off. They don't like to place them on their roof as
>> they will cause the roof to leak... I doubt it would work well on that
>> tile roof anyway, they'd have to drill a lot of bolt holes.
>>
>> I thought about installing solar panels here and even had a company do
>> a survey. I have several acres they could use but I didn't want to
>> look at those ugly panels and there would be a lot of mowing and snow
>> removal.
>Very inaccurate bullshit snipped.
>
>You are absolutely 100% correct about adding solar panels to ones roof.
>It is something Kuthe might do though since he is restoring a tile roof.
>He could now go back and drill a lot of holes and install some panels or
>maybe add some skylights.
>
>I see acres of solar arrays in areas that I travel. They are NOT a
>thing of the future. Guarantee you they are not only powering small
>calculators and toothbrushes. Same for wind turbines. You may not see
>many around your house though. Transmission lines have been here on this
>earth for a long time and they can transmit energy regardless of source
>of such energy.

Jay! I mean, Yay!