I’m all for alternative energies like wind power and solar power, but what will happen now that we have twisted nature to unexpected extremes?
One October day this year we woke up to the effects of a freak hail storm that pelted over 2000 cars breaking windows, snapping off rear-view mirrors and denting any metalwork it landed on, damaged plastic awnings, roof tiles and anything that couldn’t withstand the impact. It even left golf ball sized marks on the sidewalks, cleaner than the rest of the area.
How would a society largely dependent on solar panels cope with such a disaster? One town barely coped with replacing all the car windows damaged inside a week.
This question is more a heads up to designers than a slur on the technology. I am a firm believer that every roof that sports a solar panel and/or a small wind turbine is is a firm step in the right direction. Aren’t all big things made up of a bunch of smaller parts? The Great Wall of China is made up of stone blocks.
