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Where are the Solar Panels?

By Solar energy | June 26, 2009

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Where Are The Solar Panels?

Solar energy is a hot topic these days. It should be.

As I write this post, it’s still early morning here in South Texas. My neighbor and I are out early tending our gardens and plants before things heat up. Lately, daily temperatures are over 100 degrees; there’s no respite in site.

Those of us who are able plan our day around the sun’s heat. We get outside early to take advantage of the balmy 76 degrees. Before the high heat of day we get the grocery shopping done, do only the necessary watering (as we are in drought conditions), and cook dinner (to eat later).

I learned the art of working with and around the summer sun from my agrarian family. One does not fight nature, one works with it.

Here in South Texas we are learning to work with the rhythms of the natural order. Drought and low water conditions are as regular as summer here; this makes us mindful (in a sense) of how we use water. We know it can run out.

But I wonder how long it will take us to learn to work with our summer heat. We don’t seem to understand we can should move away from coal.

Near me, a fairly high-end housing development, Mystic Shores, is in progress. I drove through the other day to see how things were progressing.

The land is fabulous. The houses are beautiful. I am disappointed.

In this land of every present sunshine and nearly perpetual drought conditions, I saw no solar panels and no water catchment systems.

What a shame.

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