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[Jackpot]

Do you know how quickly they'll be stolen? Shit's valuable.

 

[kevin1025]

Can't jump over the wall if it burns your hands!

 

[Felix Lighter]

On a sidenote, I wouldn't mind if the new GOP solution for paying for government projects is to just throw solar panels on everything. Coal country probably won't be so jazzed.

 

[Imperfected]

At least it's green? God help the retinas of anyone in the vicinity of that thing during the daytime.

The carbon footprint of a construction project on this scale, particularly done on a tight budget, would probably never be recovered in the entire effective lifespan of the structure. You're basically just stapling the world's least efficient solar farm on top of the world's least efficient border security measure.

 

[Jeffrey]

I can see why Congress seems to be generally ignoring everything from the white house including that stupid tax plan lol.

 

[The Real Napsta]

Clean energy AND keep the mexicans out?

Maybe blind them too?

I've always wanted to ask: what's the story behind this gif?

 

[MCN]

All in all, he's just another prick with a wall.

 

[Ac30]

Think of the maintenance fees lol

Government contractors are salivating rn

 

[Wag]

See? It pays for itself.

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

C'mon SUN!

 

[SummitAve]

Mexico would have to go full Simpsons and block out the sun ala Mr. Burns.

 

[DorkLord54]

You can link to my wall OC on your Congressional Deviant Art accounts as long as you tell people it was my idea.

Coldsteel the Border Wall in Sonic Forced confirmed?

 

[Andrew J.]

This is like a parody of a bipartisan compromise idea.

 

[Coriolanus]

Sounds exactly how a 70 year old businessman sees compromise.

"How can I, smartest guy on earth, trick liberals into liking the wall?"

a-yup. nailed it.

 

[sturgboski]

Trump plays Mirror Wall!

It's even better as you can pay white militia to attack from the wall like the card suggests. Multiple layers of satire.

 

[Imperfected]

Coldsteel the Border Wall in Sonic Forced confirmed?

Original Wall, Do Not Steal.

 

[Ollie Pooch]

Wouldn't this then turn into some kind of solar laser heater, crisping everyone on one side?

I recall some story about birds being roasted when flying over a giant solar array.

 

[Sojgat]

Trump said his vision was a wall 40 feet to 50 feet high and covered with solar panels

I don't even know how to respond to this.

 

[RoKKeR]

Not the worst idea but 50ft lmao

 

[Shard]

I don't even know how to respond to this.

With great laughter followed by tears.

 

[HStallion]

It's even better as you can pay white militia to attack from the wall like the card suggests. Multiple layers of satire.

There were actually quite a few Magic cards that would have worked.

Trump follows Mirror Wall with Wall of Light!

 

[TAJ]

Coal rollers are going to be pisssssssed.
Solar is for libtard snowflakes.

Wouldn't this then turn into some kind of solar laser heater, crisping everyone on one side?

I recall some story about birds being roasted when flying over a giant solar array.

You're thinking of arrays of mirrors focusing sunlight onto molten salt at the top of a central tower.
That couldn't work in this situation.

 

[sprsk]

But don't solar panels need to be pointed up?

 

[Zeus Molecules]

Literally a comic book villain

I was thinking that exact same thing

 

[theepicoftyler]

The maintenance costs just got that much higher.

 

[Brashnir]

But don't solar panels need to be pointed up?

generally speaking, in the northern hemisphere, you want them pointed at an upwards angle toward the south, preferably on a motorized pivot which keeps them aimed in the sun's direction as it sweeps across the sky.

 

[Evolved1]

A side of the wall would only produce energy 25% of the 24 hr day... lol... just putting the panels on the ground would more than double their production. Putting the panel from *both* sides on the ground would just prove even more what a dumb fuckin idea this is.

About as wastefully stupid as solar roadways.

 

[AnotherDayAnotherDollar]

Now will you believe that he cares about the climate more than anybody in the history of mankind?

 

[TAJ]

A side of the wall would only produce energy 25% of the 24 hr day... lol... just putting the panels on the ground would more than double their production. Putting the panel from *both* sides on the ground would just prove even more what a dumb fuckin idea this is.

About as wastefully stupid as solar roadways.

Maybe he's just trying to make the wall more slippery, lol.

 

[sprsk]

generally speaking, in the northern hemisphere, you want them pointed at an upwards angle toward the south, preferably on a motorized pivot which keeps them aimed in the sun's direction as it sweeps across the sky.

So what you're saying is not on the side of a wall.

 

[Lord Frieza]

A 40 or 50 wall covered in solar panels. L-fucking-ol. Mike Judge couldn't even come up with that

I've always wanted to ask: what's the story behind this gif?

It was during one of the primary debates, and he was just reacting to something said about him I think.

 

[riotous]

Of course they'd be on top of the wall.. why are people acting like it would be easily stolen?

I think that's probably where the 50 foot high thing came from; "But Mr. President, they'd be stolen".... "Not if they are 50 feet in the air!"

 

[Brashnir]

So what you're saying is not on the side of a wall.

It wouldn't be ideal, no. You could have them on arms angled out from the wall, but even that would be sub-optimal.

That said, even a row of them along the top of a 2000-mile wall would be by far the largest solar array in the world. (of course, just putting them on the ground would be way cheaper and just as effective)

 

[HStallion]

Maybe Trump will pull a Reagan and ask for a giant wall of ice along the Northern border of the USA.

 

[Kinyou]

Why not put some wind turbines on it as well? Hell, could even turn the bordergate into a nuclear powerplant.

 

[Sanke__]

At least he realizes that if he builds something it needs to have some type of function

This would cost trillions of dollars at least.

Probably bazillions

Spoiler

i feel like 99% of the planet has absolutely no understanding of how government spending ties into the health of an economy

 

[nomster]

A 50ft wall, covfefed in solar panels - what a tremendous thing it would be.

Not enough recognition for this post, A+

 

[PHOENIXZERO]

You damn well know that the solar panels would spell out Trump lined with faux gold with ultra bright LEDS bright enough to be visible from space.


Trump Wall™

 

[Two Words]

Spreading solar panels across the border is fucking stupid. Imagine maintaining that. A panel goes out and you're going to fly a thousand miles to repair it? How about moving all of that electricity. If you're going to invest all of that money into a ton of solar panels, it should be localized.

 

[Phu]

A wall seems like a poor 'shape' for getting covered in solar panels.

 

[ItIsOkBro]

a wall for conservatives

solar panels for liberals

the best negotiator

 

[Jawbreaker]

50-foot wall for some, solar panels for others.

 

[TheTylerDurden]

Ok, so what happens to the cost? What kind of fortification would this huge wall need to have to even stand? And where does the power actually 'go' once it's generated?

You'd need an electrical infrastructure to deal with that.

So you've gone from a steel/wood/whatever simple structure to a high tech much bigger and more precious/high maintenance 'device' than a wall, and you'd need to maintain it like mad.

Of course, the first thing that would happen is the panels would be vandalized.

The cost would be bloody astronomical. lol

 

[Iolo]

I suggest building a 50 meter section of it and carving the Ozymandias poem onto it in massive letters.

Look on my Works ye Mighty, and despair!
They are the best Works, ok.
No better Works. Believe me.
I never said that.

 

[Aquavelvaman]

Disappointed that my idea of building a wall out of end-to-end coal power plants was rejected

 

[the_id]

This is some super villain level mad genius idea here it might actually work.

 

[Breads]

Not sure why people think that slapping solar panels on a thing suddenly makes it green.

 

[R10Neymarfan]

Oh boy I bet his dumbass coal supporters won't notice a thing about this

 

[ghostofsparta]

50 feet tall? Are we trying to stop Kaijus?

 

[Alebrije]

Just follow the reflection...