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packman

(16,296 posts)
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 07:22 PM Jun 2017

Mexican wall covered with solar panels?- Shit, O.K. then


Trump said his vision was a wall 40 feet to 50 feet high and covered with solar panels so they’d be “beautiful structures,” the people said. The President said that most walls you hear about are 14 feet or 15 feet tall but this would be nothing like those walls. Trump told the lawmakers they could talk about the solar-paneled wall as long as they said it was his idea. One person cautioned that the President wasn’t presenting the solar-paneled wall as the definite solution.


And everyone said he wasn't a "green" president and was only concerned about pushing coal/fossil fuels. Forty to fifty feet high and covered with solar panels, sounds good to me.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-border-wall-solar-panels_us_59372050e4b01fc18d3e79c3?iv&ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
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global1

(25,253 posts)
1. Can You Imagine The Expense To Build Such A Wall And Then....
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 07:27 PM
Jun 2017

can you imagine the damage that would/could be done to it. How do you monitor a 200 mile wall?

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
3. He is soooooo stupid
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 07:35 PM
Jun 2017

And obvious. He got backlash from the Paris accord, so now he wants to present his bullshit wall as a green energy source. Ridiculous!

Best_man23

(4,898 posts)
5. And how does he propose keeping the solar panels in place?
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 07:49 PM
Jun 2017

I'm sure the solar cells, metals, and copper conduit has some value. I can easily see whole sections of panel "disappearing."

Nevernose

(13,081 posts)
7. Thank you, White Jesus, for Trump keeping us safe!
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 07:56 PM
Jun 2017

I only pray that those dastardly Al Qaeda Mexicans never discover "ladder" or "shovel" technology, or realize that most of the Illegals Planning on Murdering My Family are here on expired visas and can just buy a plane ticket.

hunter

(38,317 posts)
8. Maybe the solar panels WITHOUT the wall underneath.
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 08:08 PM
Jun 2017

A nice bit of shade for people and other animals in the neighborhood to rest under (jaguars, javelinas, etc...), jobs, and electricity too!

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)
9. Correct me if I'm wrong
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 08:17 PM
Jun 2017

but aren't solar panels usually distributed onto a flat surface? Don't they need direct exposure? Other than the top row how would these panels catch any sun if attached vertically?

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)
12. You'll find it hard to believe
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 10:38 PM
Jun 2017

but this is not the first time I've been called out for the attitude. In fact I was sreamed at this morning by a Hillary hater. I'll never learn. I suppose I'll never have nice things.

 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
13. Let's see, Sun's on the south side, angle the panels to catch the sun...
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 10:42 PM
Jun 2017

Makes a nice ramp to easily climb the wall.

45 is a dumbass.

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