Letter: Is there really a solar payoff?
Consider this ...
It takes 100,00 square feet of solar panels to produce 1 megawatt of power. That's 1 million watts.
The average Home Depot has a floor space of 100,000 square feet. Why aren't they using solar?
The average warehouse being built today is usually a multipurpose facility averaging 500,00 square feet. I'm no electrical engineer, but I think a megawatt should easily provide enough power to run such a building.
In Lake County, Medline opened a 1 million-plus warehouse. Why no solar panels?
Yet I'm pestered every week about how the payoff is to my advantage if I destroy the look of my home with solar.
Jeff Issel
Mundelein
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