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A | 示意图。（图：Sunmate Solar）建德路一间单层工厂的锌屋顶太阳能电池板近日发生火灾，引发热议。

GOP front-runner and four times-indicted Donald Trump will not be physically present at Wednesday evening's first 2024 presidential primary debate. But he'll be there anyway as the troubled candidate remains the dominant figure – and issue – of the nominating contest.

Typically, early debates are a chance for poll-laggers to make an impression, either by delivering a well-placed zinger at a top-tier candidate or shining with a smart response to a question. The front-runners tend to have targets on their backs, which could result in a weakened position or a stronger one, if they handle attacks from primary rivals well.

But in the case of the debate in Milwaukee on Wednesday, the participants are in an awkward, perhaps no-win situation: The front-runner won't even be there, and the rest of the field can't attack him without alienating the very voters they'd need to sew up the nomination, should the legally imperiled Trump be forced to suspend his campaign.

Trump is "going to be the huge, spray-tanned elephant in the room. He's going to be what everybody is thinking about, even though he's not there," says Dave Cohen, a political science professor at the University of Akron.

That means the eight candidates who have qualified for the debate – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, former Vice President Mike Pence, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson – have few choices, and none is terribly appealing.

They can attack Trump, defend him or try to ignore him – which debate moderators are not likely to let pass, Cohen says. None of those approaches helps a candidate emerge as a better choice than Trump without angering Trump's rank-and-file loyalists.

"They're in a difficult spot, strategically," says Stephen Smith, professor at the School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University. But "it's one they've earned," he adds.

Only a few have been willing to criticize Trump directly, and it's not appeared to have endeared them to GOP primary voters.

Christie – who worked on Trump's transition team before turning on him – has been the most aggressive in his attacks on Trump, saying the former president lacks the "character" to serve in the Oval Office and needling Trump for skipping the debate, which Christie last week called "completely disrespectful" to GOP voters.

The tactic – essentially making himself the marquee foil of Trump – is based on the gamble that if Trump ends up leaving the race, Christie will emerge as the most prominent truth-teller and default new front-runner.

It's not going so well, so far: National polls have Christie in the low single digits. A recent Des Moines Register/NBC poll in Iowa puts Christie in sixth place with 5% support among GOP caucus-goers.

Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson – who arguably on paper has the most complete and traditional resume for a Republican presidential contender – is also polling in the low single digits, his criticism of Trump not moving the needle at all.

Former Vice President Mike Pence has stepped up his criticism of Trump's behavior – saying the former president asked him to put him above the Constitution by asking him to refuse to certify the 2020 election results – but hasn't made it as personal.

Pence recently said he was not aware of any "broad-based effort" to declassify records before Trump left office, undercutting the former president's claim that the classified documents he is accused of taking and improperly keeping at his Mar-a-Lago resort were, in fact, declassified. But Pence has also been reluctant to say Trump should be treated like any other politician who has been convicted of a felony – meaning, ousted from office.

"I think that needs to be left to the American people. Look, let’s let the former president have his day in court. Let’s maintain a presumption of innocence in this matter," Pence told ABC on Sunday.

Former U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley – the only woman who will be onstage Wednesday night – has cautioned that Trump's legal troubles could cost Republicans the general election. She hasn't directly criticized the former president but didn't shy away earlier this month by reminding people of how much worse Trump's situation is getting.

"Like most Americans, I’m tired of commenting on every Trump drama. I’ve lost track of whether this indictment is the third or fourth or the fifth," Haley said during an appearance on “Good Morning New Hampshire” radio show with Jack Heath – before the fourth indictment out of Georgia’s Fulton County.

Others have responded to questions about Trump with attacks on the criminal justice system and its prosecutors themselves.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is running a distant second to Trump in most polls, decried the "weaponization of government" after Trump's third indictment – though he conceded he had not actually read the document. DeSantis also acknowledged recently that the 2020 election was not stolen, telling NBC "of course he lost" when asked about Trump's discredited claims of a fraudulent 2020 contest – a comment not likely to endear him to Trump's most devoted supporters.

Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina called the recent indictment of Trump "un-American and unacceptable. We need a better system than that."

Tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who has edged upward in a couple of state polls, has walked a similar line.

"These are politicized persecutions through prosecution,” he said at a town hall meeting last week. “It would be a lot easier for me if Donald Trump were not in this primary, but that is not how I want to win this election," he added.

And North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is just deflecting the matter entirely.

"I do trust the voters. ... They want presidential elections to be about the future, a vision for the future," Burgum told NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday after being asked about Trump's troubles.

In reality, it is the candidates not named Trump who will have the most to prove or explain Wednesday night, analysts say. DeSantis, whose campaign has been flailing, might need to explain why he suggested some Republicans backing Trump are "listless vessels" – a cringe-worthy similar remark to 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton reference to the "basket of deplorables" in Trump's base.

As the front-runner among the also-rans, DeSantis will likely take the heaviest rhetorical artillery from the GOP field at the debate. Most of the rest will be struggling to get out of single digits – with the possible exception of Burgum, who is still trying to get the American public to recognize his name.

Trump, meanwhile, said he plans to counter-program with the airing of a taped one-on-one interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Thursday – a day when the political news would typically be dominated by post-debate analysis – Trump will be the star player in an unprecedented legal and political drama, turning himself in for processing at a Fulton County jail.

"He's cutting right into the shadow of the debate" with that timing, Smith says. As he undoubtedly will during the debate itself.

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B | 这些电弧的电压可以高达1000伏，非常危险。”他说，有研究显示，电气电孤是屋顶太阳能蓄电池起火最常见原因，通常是因为连接器出现故障所致。太阳能电池板公司GetSolar创办人之一周博隆则说，其他原因还包括在安装或维修太阳能电池板的过程中，因为不当处理，如踩踏电池板也会导致电池板受损。他也说：“低质量的电池板，会存在制造缺陷。”电缆的连接问题，也可能导致火患。太阳能电池板公司PMCE (Global)董事萨蒂什（Satish）说，太阳能板起火的主要原因是屋顶上的电缆连接不当。“在安装过程中，细节至关重要，必须确保所有布线正确连接且牢固可靠，因为连接不稳可能导致过热和火花，进而引发火灾。”太阳能瓦片（solar titles）。（图：Sunollo提供）如何防止太阳能板过热？被问及锌屋顶会否较容易过热时，受访业者认为，锌屋顶并不比其他屋顶材料更容易过热，但与所有金属屋顶一样，锌会吸收和保持热量。他们认为，无论是金属屋顶、混凝土屋顶或粘土瓦屋顶，只要采取适当的安全安装措施，都很安全。太阳能电池板公司 Rezeca Renewables总经理郑君实说，想要防止太阳能板过热或出现短路情况，最重要就是要找经验丰富的工人进行正确安装、使用高质量的零件以及定期维修。周博隆也这么认为，他说，确保高质量的安装比什么都重要，在安装过程中应该小心处理电池板，妥善管理电缆连接，确保所有零件都按标准要求安装。“安装完毕后，应该要找经过培训的专业人员对系统进行全面的质量检查，以确保所有安装步骤都符合安全标准。”他也说，在系统中应该安装快速断电装置，以便在紧急情况下迅速切断电源，防止危险的发生。除此之外，他说，也应该使用配备电弧故障检测功能的逆变器。“大多数一线品牌的逆变器，都配备电弧故障检测功能，这允许系统在检测到电弧故障时，自动关闭系统，避免潜在的火灾风险。”卡皮尔·赛斯则给予不同的建议，他建议消费者安装太阳能瓦片（solar titles）或安装使建材一体型太阳光电系统（Building-Integrated Photovoltaics）。他说，太阳能瓦片既能像传统屋顶材料一样美观实用，同时还能发电。“这些瓦片由光伏材料制成，能够将阳光转化为电能，最重要的是太阳能瓦片不会引发火患。”值得一提，安装太阳能瓦片的费用与安装普通太阳能板的费用一样，所以是个再好不过的选择。使建材一体型太阳光电系统（Building-Integrated Photovoltaics）。

C | （图：Sunollo提供）安装太阳能板大大节省电费受访的太阳能电池板公司都认为，本地企业安装太阳能电池板的情况已经越来越普及。周博隆说，新加坡企业安装太阳能板的市场正在迅速增长，他的公司在过去两年已为近300多名业主安装太阳能。他说，安装太阳能板能节省多少费用，视乎公司的屋顶大小和能耗而异。“一般上太阳能板可以抵消30%至50%的能耗，例如，我们为其中一个客户约1500平方米的屋顶空间，每月节省约8000元。”萨蒂什也认为，新加坡企业对太阳能的需求相当高。