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How much power Trump's wall could generate if it was covered in solar panels
Posted on 6/11/17 at 11:19 am
Posted on 6/11/17 at 11:19 am
quote:I won't disable ad blocker or pay the Business Insider paywall. So I linked the article via another site.
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Posted on 6/11/17 at 11:22 am to cajunangelle
annddd the first comment says no we should just put panels up and share the power they produce WITH mexico... fricking idiots.
Posted on 6/11/17 at 11:24 am to cajunangelle
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How much power Trump's wall could generate if it was covered in solar panels
Less than it should... we'll have to have north facing panels.
Posted on 6/11/17 at 11:24 am to cajunangelle
What was the estimated cost of covering the wall in solar panels......oh and btw what was the cost of the wall?
Posted on 6/11/17 at 11:28 am to cajunangelle
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How much power Trump's wall could generate if it was covered in solar panels
Facing north and south not as much east and west...my sources say.
Posted on 6/11/17 at 11:32 am to cajunangelle
If you face the panels south where they would generate enough power the Mexicans would vandalize them in protest of the wall. Cost more to fix than to generate electricity.
Posted on 6/11/17 at 11:40 am to a want
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Trump cited the wall’s economic benefits as well as its environmental ones. Thomas Gleason, managing partner of Gleason Partners LLC, the company that proposed the design, told Business Insider that each solar panel on the wall would produce 2.0MWp per hour of electricity, and, because of this, the wall would pay off the cost of its construction in 20 years through the energy it sells.
A close up of the wall’s solar panels. Image Credit: Gleason Partners LLC
The cost of solar panels has decreased rapidly over the last nine years, from around $8 per watt in 2009 to roughly $1.50 per watt in 2016, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association, and Gleason believes the cost will continue to diminish over time.
While the bottom of the wall would still be built out of stone, the solar panels situated on the Mexico-facing side would be double tiered, with the upper layer moving to capture maximum sunlight.
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Posted on 6/11/17 at 11:42 am to cajunangelle
Posted on 6/11/17 at 11:44 am to cajunangelle
220,000 average sized homes annually. Not bad, but not great. Now we know why solar just isn't viable with current technology.
Posted on 6/11/17 at 11:45 am to cajunangelle
Cover it in solar panels and sell the energy to Mexico. 
Posted on 6/11/17 at 11:47 am to AUstar
How they can make it bullet proof. If any of the solar equipment was exposed to the Mexican side they would just sit there and shoot it
Posted on 6/11/17 at 11:48 am to narddogg81
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How they can make it bullet proof. If any of the solar equipment was exposed to the Mexican side they would just sit there and shoot it
Was just about to post this. Vandalism would be an expensive ongoing problem.
Posted on 6/11/17 at 11:51 am to AUstar
We should put bullet proof glass/ mirrors on Mexico side so they can take a long look at themselves.
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Posted on 6/11/17 at 11:53 am to AUstar
I'm not saying it's a bad idea to make it multifunction area, but just put the panels on the us side at the base of the wall along the access road facing East/west and it would make a lot more power and be easier to maintain. Course then you would libtards on this side vandalising it
Posted on 6/11/17 at 11:55 am to narddogg81
the panels would need to be on the south side, and would be stolen. the thing will face massive EPA lawsuits, resistance to public domain "sales'. and you'd still have to have a rifleman every 1/4 mile, as well as anti-tunneling tech and dogs. Most illegals FLY here, anyway. So forget the wall. Just force them to leave by locking up anyone who employs or houses them.
Posted on 6/11/17 at 11:57 am to cajunangelle
Doesn't look very secure. I guess they are leaving out the underground piece as well as thickness requirements.
The wall will likely have solar panels to support flood lights, sensors, and security cameras anyway... But that would be best in a second layer of wall behind a security fence.
The wall will likely have solar panels to support flood lights, sensors, and security cameras anyway... But that would be best in a second layer of wall behind a security fence.
Posted on 6/11/17 at 11:59 am to narddogg81
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How they can make it bullet proof. If any of the solar equipment was exposed to the Mexican side they would just sit there and shoot it
Remote turrets with sensor to detect movement, heat, shape, etc.
You shoot at the solar panels, they shoot back.
Edit note: Spelling errors.
This post was edited on 6/11/17 at 12:01 pm
Posted on 6/11/17 at 12:15 pm to a want
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What was the estimated cost of covering the wall in solar panels......oh and btw what was the cost of the wall
The government could enter into tolling agreements with muncipalities to finance it.
Posted on 6/11/17 at 12:15 pm to Alltheway Tigers!
it would take 10 years and a trillion $, never happen. Half of the illegals FLY here. We have to make the ones leave who are already here. There's PLENTY of them already here to ruin the country!
Posted on 6/11/17 at 12:24 pm to cajunangelle
I like this.
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