Comments on: Gulf Power To Begin Construction On Huge North Escambia Solar Farm Soon; Second Solar Farm Planned Nearby

By: Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 19:31:55 +0000

I hope they have a good contingency plan for doing this type of build in Hurricane Alley.

By: jerry

jerry — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 17:29:05 +0000

hi jay, you are so right about what you said. i am an igorenant conspiral theorest.
you are part correct but you go too far about this subject. yes there is global warming
and the weather has been going in cycles for years and we may contribute to some of this cycle of global warming but not much. yes china pollutes more than us and we pay for it with taxpayer money, don’ get me wrong i am for alternative sources of energy but i just can’t stand the tree huggers. in 1975 i converted my house in Hawaii to use a solar panel to heat my water, so i am a pioneer in the field. i beleive that
1 volcano eruption causes more pollution than we could in 100 years. i do not believe in man made global warming.

By: Gary Himert

Gary Himert — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 16:57:44 +0000

@ CW about grass and weed trimming near solar farms: Believe it or not, there are companies that have a fleet of goats that they move around between sites to provide vegetation maintenance, as its called in the utility industry.

By: CW

CW — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 15:48:11 +0000

How are they going to control the grass and weeds around the panels, in an environmentally friendly way?

By: who dat

who dat — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 13:21:43 +0000

People….this small patch of land is not even a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of the total deforestation on this planet.

I think this small sacrifice of land for reusable energy is quite alright.

sheesh!

Geaux Saints!

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 07:00:38 +0000

In keeping with the area’s long standing opposition to progress, we should burn old tires in the Technology Park lot that remained laughably vacant for years. Then, we use some clever third rate branding by stating “with offices in New York” to mask the fact that we remain a Florida backwater county.

Solar farms are a great idea, very progressive, and you can support them and still vote republican and misspell “Allektricity.”

By: I’ve worked in Solar Plants

I’ve worked in Solar Plants — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 05:46:33 +0000

To all you who are saying “put them on roofs of buildings”, put them on superfund sites, or put them in old shopping centers….
Did you look at the acreage required?? Do you all realize how a solar panel works? How many buildings would be required to match 458 acres? Are you going to cry about the extra infrastructure needed to tie them all together? What about the lines? We hardly run any utilities underground so they would be strung up all over!
Best bet and a helluva lot smaller footprint would be a Nuclear power plant! And that would create a lot of high paying jobs.

By: StraightShooter

StraightShooter — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 00:19:14 +0000

“Steve” The superfund sites I think a great idea for these solar farms. Lots of acreage that cant be used for anything else. All they have can say is we destroyed 500+ acres for nothing.

By: Bama

Bama — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 22:44:14 +0000

“has anyone calculated and published cost over 20 years for residential use of natural gas and propane powered home generators for different prices over a periods?”

The whole house generator I have burns 2 + gallons of propane per hour. Great for short term during power outage but not for long term.

By: Country girl

Country girl — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 22:37:29 +0000

Why in the north end of the county, why not in Pensacola? Tear down some of the old shopping centers that are empty and put it there but no let’s mess up some more of the natural environment!