[Bay Kid]

I guess I'm not as smart as most replies. Common sense tells me there is a reflection up into the sky. Loss of farmland might not be important to some, but only the sheep eat the grass under all these panels. Then in 20-25 years they will need to be replaced. Hopefully they won't leak much before being replaced.

[Flash]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

Especially when scientists contradict what you say...

New Perspectives on the Enigma of Expanding Antarctic Sea Ice - Eos

While the article in EOS suggests Antarctica's sea ice is expanding, they do not tell the whole story. The east section has always expanded at a constant rate, however the west section is "losing" ice at an ever-increasing rate such that the total loss will eventually be greater.
Why is Antarctica's Ice Sheet Growing in a Warming World? - Science in the News

[Keefelane66]

Originally Posted by Bay Kid

I guess I'm not as smart as most replies. Common sense tells me there is a reflection up into the sky. Loss of farmland might not be important to some, but only the sheep eat the grass under all these panels. Then in 20-25 years they will need to be replaced. Hopefully they won't leak much before being replaced.

What is there to leak it’s made out of silica and minerals.

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by airstreamingypsy

Someone looked? Oh boy..... tell that to the Polar Bears.

Agree about the Polar Bears. I've seen video of Polar Bears being stranded because their polar ice is slowly shrinking.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

Agree about the Polar Bears. I've seen video of Polar Bears being stranded because their polar ice is slowly shrinking.

Polar bears are excellent swimmers. They weren't "stranded". It was a purposely chosen angle, ignoring all of the ice behind the photographer...

It's like Bear Grylls, who used specific camera angles to make his "stunts" look dangerous...

[Caymus]

Originally Posted by Keefelane66

What is there to leak it’s made out of silica and minerals.

You forgot to mention toxic heavy metals such as lead, selenium and cadmium.

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Originally Posted by Bay Kid

Solar panel fields are showing all over the country. Loss of farmland is my biggest fear. But what does the reflection back into the sky effect? Could this cause global warming?

The farmland is not lost to solar panels, the panels can come down and plants go in at any time in the future.

Farmland lost is TV development where the land is permanently lost to housing which isn't going away . .

Ergo, unfounded fear and faulty logic considering you are living on lost farm land. . .

[Number 10 GI]

Originally Posted by Donegalkid

You might want to read the above article you cite in its ENTIRETY. Anybody can cherry pick quotes. From the article you cite, a damning quote:

“This cooling trend is partly due to natural variability and partly due to upwelling currents that bring to the surface deep waters that have not yet warmed because of anthropogenic climate change [e.g., Armour et al., 2016].”

In other words, the “cooling trend” of parts of the Antarctic Ocean (due to disruptions of ocean currents due to climate change) has YET to show the warming at the surface that will eventually manifest — due to “anthropogenic” change. Anthropogenic change is defined by the United Nations as: “Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. These shifts may be natural, but since the 1800s, human activities have been the main driver of climate change, primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels (like coal, oil, and gas) which produces heat-trapping gases.”

To paraphrase the old Shakespeare quote: “Hoist(ed) on your own petard.”

I'll believe the Magic 8 Ball before I believe anything the United Nations says.

[Shipping up to Boston]

Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy

The farmland is not lost to solar panels, the panels can come down and plants go in at any time in the future.

Farmland lost is TV development where the land is permanently lost to housing which isn't going away . .

Ergo, unfounded fear and faulty logic considering you are living on lost farm land. . .

It’s a point many of us have brought up on this topic SG....the same ones that are sounding the lost farm land alarms are the same ones that seem to have no problem reconciling those conflicts when closing on their respective TV forever homes!

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Originally Posted by Shipping up to Boston

It’s a point many of us have brought up on this topic SG....the same ones that are sounding the lost farm land alarms are the same ones that seem to have no problem reconciling those conflicts when closing on their respective TV forever homes!

Sorry to be late to the bashing. . just got back from 6 weeks of traveling, and trying to catchup. . . hoomans, just one enigma after another conundrum.

I promise not to pile on again, boss

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

I'm not a solar panel expert, but I thought the purpose of a solar panel was to capture and absorb the energy from the sun and to convert it into electrical energy. So, your fear seems to be the opposite of what really occurs.

The do reflect back, you can spot them when in plane gigantic glare.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy

The farmland is not lost to solar panels, the panels can come down and plants go in at any time in the future.

Farmland lost is TV development where the land is permanently lost to housing which isn't going away . .

Ergo, unfounded fear and faulty logic considering you are living on lost farm land. . .

So population reduction is in order? I think we’re living on cattle grazing land? Now if villages was in nice river bottom where dirt fertile due to centuries flooding then yes. Dirt in Florida very low end of fertile.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by mraines

I think it is naive to think that we humans do not have an effect on climate change. There are far too many humans using up the earth's resources, tearing down trees and emitting all kinds of pollutants. How could this not affect the climate?

I agree need ban chainsaw, D8, 9, 10, and 11 bulldozers, and anything over 5 bottom plow. Also need volunteer reduction in population. O and free birth control pills and mandates on child numbers, no more litters…

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Southwest737

They should cover rivers/lakes with solar panels to reduce loss of water due to evaporation. Especially out west where there is routinely drought problems.

They’re doing that in water reservoirs with millions of black round floating balls.

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

So population reduction is in order? I think we’re living on cattle grazing land? Now if villages was in nice river bottom where dirt fertile due to centuries flooding then yes. Dirt in Florida very low end of fertile.

your logic escapes me. . no idea what that word salad means . . or what you are trying to convey. .