[ajross]

The article is about industrial generation, not home solar which is largely a vanity thing still. Go look for mildew on a big solar farm on the other side of the Cascades.

You'll need to dig through all the wind turbines and dams to find them though. The PNW has better choices than solar anyway.

[WalterBright]

Isn't there a dust problem east of the Cascades?

[ajross]

Not such that you can't clean off a solar panel with a hose, no. The point is that maintenance in industrial environments is a given and part of the cost structure. Seeing mildew on grandma's panels isn't really an indictment of the technology.

[WalterBright]

I've never successfully cleaned the dust off my car windows with a hose. It always requires a brush or sponge.

[ajross]

You lost me. Are you seriously staking a position on "Solar Energy Will Never Work Because Electric Companies Don't Do Windows"? Or are you just trolling. This is silly. Yes. You can clean a solar panel. Do you genuinely not believe that?