Corvette Plant going green with solar panels!
12-02-2015, 04:50 PM
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Corvette Plant going green with solar panels!
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12-02-2015, 09:14 PM
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Your title has been changed.....how about we be more positive next time, huh?
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12-02-2015, 09:17 PM
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Solar power is becoming the standard in many industries. Perhaps not for the total energy demand of manufacturing but it is definitely quickly becoming an addition to save on the cost of manufacturing a product.
Good move by GM.
Good move by GM.
12-03-2015, 02:47 AM
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Heavy Gooberment subsidy on all that "alternative energy" stuff. Corporate welfare. Just like the ethanol scam. I feel the Gooberment reaching deep in my pocket. If GM had to pay the full load it would not been so built. Or perhaps part of the Gooberment bailout to appease his holiness.
12-03-2015, 07:56 AM
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Anyone still contesting the legitimacy of the carbon problem and linking it to a political agenda is ignorant to the facts. Political, religious and special interest groups along with major oil companies and oil rich nations recognize that something needs to done. It is an everybody involved solution and every effort does make a difference regardless of motivation. I applaud GM and OUR Government in taking these steps.
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12-03-2015, 11:52 AM
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Glad to hear it.
12-03-2015, 12:10 PM
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Heavy Gooberment subsidy on all that "alternative energy" stuff. Corporate welfare. Just like the ethanol scam. I feel the Gooberment reaching deep in my pocket. If GM had to pay the full load it would not been so built. Or perhaps part of the Gooberment bailout to appease his holiness.
I mean, the fuel you use in your cars? There's never been a bigger corporate welfare program. To add insult to injury, the profits are shipped to the middle east where a number of Saudi families fund attacks against us.
Oh, given that, it almost seems like very wise policy move to sustainable energy - we are, to some extent - at war with most OPEC nations.
At first I agreed with you, as a fierce hater of the nanny state and left wing paternalism. However, any subsidy that helps to cut the nuts off of OPEC has my approval.
12-03-2015, 03:19 PM
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Anyone still contesting the legitimacy of the carbon problem and linking it to a political agenda is ignorant to the facts. Political, religious and special interest groups along with major oil companies and oil rich nations recognize that something needs to done. It is an everybody involved solution and every effort does make a difference regardless of motivation. I applaud GM and OUR Government in taking these steps.
12-08-2015, 01:53 PM
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C7 Corvette Revving Up to Go Green
General Motors is breaking ground on an 850-kilowatt solar array at Corvette’s Bowling Green Assembly plant in Kentucky, which will help power the production of the C7.
Read the rest on the Corvette Forum homepage. >>
12-09-2015, 10:34 AM
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All I see is the price of the corvette going up for a major eye-sore and waste of land. Until they can really harness the power of sun (isn't it still about 11% of energy actually converted into usable)....solar panels will continue to cost more than they can yield.
12-09-2015, 05:00 PM
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Heavy Gooberment subsidy on all that "alternative energy" stuff. Corporate welfare. Just like the ethanol scam. I feel the Gooberment reaching deep in my pocket. If GM had to pay the full load it would not been so built. Or perhaps part of the Gooberment bailout to appease his holiness.
and all the solar panels in the world have zero impact on the planet.
12-09-2015, 05:20 PM
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Cost of solar vs the value of the electricity produced is affected by far more than just the panel efficiency. Like most items, higher volume production results in lower cost. The cost of electricity from the local grid is also an obvious factor. The higher the cost of traditional electric generation, the quicker solar pays for itself. Energy prices continue to rise. Even without gov't subsidies, solar in "sunny" states can produce net savings.
12-09-2015, 08:59 PM
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Actually, commercially available rooftop solar cells are reaching 22%: http://www.greentechmedia.com/articl...anel-Revisited.
Cost of solar vs the value of the electricity produced is affected by far more than just the panel efficiency. Like most items, higher volume production results in lower cost. The cost of electricity from the local grid is also an obvious factor. The higher the cost of traditional electric generation, the quicker solar pays for itself. Energy prices continue to rise. Even without gov't subsidies, solar in "sunny" states can produce net savings.
Cost of solar vs the value of the electricity produced is affected by far more than just the panel efficiency. Like most items, higher volume production results in lower cost. The cost of electricity from the local grid is also an obvious factor. The higher the cost of traditional electric generation, the quicker solar pays for itself. Energy prices continue to rise. Even without gov't subsidies, solar in "sunny" states can produce net savings.
12-09-2015, 09:09 PM
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12-09-2015, 09:12 PM
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Anyone still contesting the legitimacy of the carbon problem and linking it to a political agenda is ignorant to the facts. Political, religious and special interest groups along with major oil companies and oil rich nations recognize that something needs to done. It is an everybody involved solution and every effort does make a difference regardless of motivation. I applaud GM and OUR Government in taking these steps.
Did you go green, sell your vette & donate that money to charity, and are you walking to work?
