Iberian Peninsula's geothermal power can generate current electrical capacity five times over

Iberian Peninsula's geothermal power can generate current electrical capacity five times over

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Originally posted by DeepThought
it may contribute towards global warming if you waste it by turning it off so that it becomes just waste heat and not using it as electrical energy on the grid.
How much of the Sun's visible spectrum radiation makes it back into space? I'm wondering whether if the solar panel were not there then the light would just be absorbed by the grou ...[text shortened]... objection is that solar panel production probably isn't the most ecologically friendly activity.
That wasn't meant as criticism of solar panel production but rather was just meant as a reason to object to their power generated not being used i.e. just wasted as waste heat in the panel.
I support solar panel production.