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To: Tell It Right
You are correct. My new house has solar included, and we are in Phoenix, which is even sunnier than Alabama. To the solar's credit, I do generate more electricity than I consume in air conditioning during peak usage hours, but I am including a snapshot below of the net. The part below the line is when I am making more than I am using. It isn't close. And solar is zilch at night, so we will need something better than current battery technology for night time.


16 posted on 09/08/2021 11:54:54 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: Dr. Sivana

We had a small solar panel setup here in Missouri and in the winter when the sun is lower and days shorter, we were lucky to get 4 hours of good charge time on a sunny day. 10am - 2pm.

I had to cut a lot of trees to even use solar.

How many trees are we going to cut down to power everyone with solar?

What happens when you cut all the trees down? You make a desert.

What about tall buildings? How much open land would be used up to power a city? Convert food farms to solar farms?

Is there enough raw materials to build all the batteries required for mass usage of wind and solar?


32 posted on 09/08/2021 12:09:29 PM PDT by Pollard (#*&% Communism)
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To: Dr. Sivana

So you don’t have a solar house. You have a grid dependent solar supplement house.

Cut the cord and see how it goes.


51 posted on 09/08/2021 12:27:44 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Politicians are only marginally good at one thing, being politicians. Otherwise they are fools.)
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