[bigbob]

I’d prefer high-efficiency appliances and solar/inverter but it should be the buyer’s choice, not because of government meddling.

Every time they mandate something, it messes with market forces, someone loses and someone gains. Follow the money.

[BBB333]

Agreed!

[fireman15]

I'd prefer high-efficiency appliances and solar/inverter but it should be the buyer's choice, not because of government meddling.

BigBob where we in Western Washington solar is not a reasonable option. And in summer I know of no one who have an AC system that can cool their house on battery power other than maybe fans and a swamp cooler.

“Solar and wind's capacity factor, the actual energy output vs the maximum energy output over time, is only 14% for worldwide solar and only 26% for worldwide wind. If this strikes you as low, that is true, as this number is weighted toward installations by Europeans, for example Germans, who are ahead in installations in some areas most unsuitable for solar. But there are other reasons solar and wind work even less than you think.”

“The map below shows that the sun shines a lot more in the United States than in Germany, as it lies further to the south. In both places, sunshine duration is significantly higher than hours of electricity generation at maximum capacity, because the sun's angle is seldom perfectly perpendicularly to a solar panel. While the German sun shines about 1,600 hours a year, generation at capacity is only 940 hours. Texas has 3,000 hours of sunshine a year, but generation at max capacity is only 1,600 hours a year.”

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/04/18/the-unbearable-lightness-of-renewables-in-time/

[fireman15]

I’d prefer high-efficiency appliances and solar/inverter but it should be the buyer’s choice, not because of government meddling. Sorry did it again.

[fireman15]

I am a typo machine today.

[ETCM]

I’d prefer high-efficiency appliances and solar/inverter but it should be the buyer’s choice, not because of government meddling.

I have both. Other than air conditioning, my appliances are DC/Propane. I have both roof and portable solar (in case I'm parked under shade trees) as well as a pair of inverter-generators if there's not enough sun or I want to run the AC. I prefer the quiet, but even the generators are extremely low noise. You gotta love it when some idiot wants to run their open frame generator all night.