Solar Panels Effect on Local Weather Conditions and Patterns

mikeinfwa

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Found this posted on a Facebook group

Basically stating Solar Panels are deflecting massive amounts of heat that would otherwise be absorbed which in turn disrupts the local weather

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I’m skeptical when it comes to weather conditions, taking into consideration the popularity of glass building being built starting in the 1970s and forward, lots of reflecting materials in use today.
 
I’m skeptical when it comes to weather conditions, taking into consideration the popularity of glass building being built starting in the 1970s and forward, lots of reflecting materials in use today.
There is more square footage of reflective surfaces on a major highway near a major city like NY,LA during rush hour than all the panels added together.

We don’t see wondering storms with traffic patterns
 
Appeal to authority is one of the most common logical fallacies. And, being a rocket scientist doesn’t mean bupkis about meteorology…
 
Hot air rising is updrafts which makes a storm disapate when the updraft become stronger than the down drafts.

If we could use solar arays to build rain clouds it might actually be worth putting them up in some places.
 
Solar panels absorb sunlight to generate power. There is less reflected heat than a standard house roof.


"Yes, solar panels are hot to the touch. Generally speaking, solar panels are 36 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the ambient external air temperature."

"For example, the ambient temperature in the desert can reach 113 degrees Fahrenheit, meaning solar panels in this climate can reach 149 degrees Fahrenheit."


It depends on the roof material and color if it gets hotter than solar panels.

 
Even if solar panels do reflect the amount of energy that the guy states without actual technical specs, all of the entire world's solar panels COMBINED onto one field in the Midwest would not be enough to affect weather patterns or anything else in nature to a discernable degree.

We have a long way to go before we have the ability to actually harness or alter all of nature's power. Our NUKES that we have been setting off since the 1940s, up to and including the Tsar Bomba, does not have lasting effects on the environment. Meanwhile, a single tornadic supercell thunderstorm in Oklahoma produces the energy of 1000 Hiroshima sized bombs per minute. So saying that solar panels reflect enough heat to alter weather would be the same as saying that sailing ships in the 1600s have somewhat changed wind patterns on the Earth due to the proliferation of sails being used. The opposing scales involved here are so enormous that it is impossible to even compute the effects one has on the other. Completely and utterly negligible.
 
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Even if solar panels do reflect the amount of energy that the guy states without actual technical specs, all of the entire world's solar panels COMBINED onto one field in the Midwest would not be enough to affect weather patterns or anything else in nature to a discernable degree.

We have a long way to go before we have the ability to actually harness or alter all of nature's power. Our NUKES that we have been setting off since the 1940s, up to and including the Tsar Bomba, does not have lasting effects on the environment. Meanwhile, a single tornadic supercell thunderstorm in Oklahoma produces the energy of 1000 Hiroshima sized bombs per minute. So saying that solar panels reflect enough heat to alter weather would be the same as saying that sailing ships in the 1600s have somewhat changed wind patterns on the Earth due to the proliferation of sails being used. The opposing scales involved here are so enormous that it is impossible to even compute the effects one has on the other. Completely and utterly negligible.
Cow farts say otherwise!!!!!
 
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