Posted on 05/01/2015 8:08:16 AM PDT by Red Badger
They built stinky plants that stunk up the area for years... And railroads so filthy smoke snorting dragons could pollute pristine skies. In the name of the advancement of man.
From Founding Fathers to Fouling Fathers to ?? To the Foolish Fathers of today..
This nation has been on quite a ride. ;-)
I read elsewhere the basic Tesla home battery has a 7KW capacity. That is fine to run LED lighting, a computer or TV set, but it won’t run a central A/C very many minutes on a hot summer day.
After Hurricane Ike, I designed and installed a much cheaper backup lighting solution using golf cart batteries, a power inverter, and independent LED lighting circuits. I can light up most of my home nicely for a week without recharging. If I need A/C, I can also run a gas generator to power a window unit.
So far as storing cheaper off-hours electricity, I doubt the Tesla battery’s 7KW capacity could ever pay for itself before the batteries wear out.
Around here a company is advertising Earth Cool, where they bury pipes in the ground where it’s 68°F year round, and pipe in cool air without the refrigeration units................
7kW should be 7kWh?
Looking at my latest monthly bill, I used 1400 kWh last month or 46kWh average daily. Yeah. I would have to cut WAY back to make it on 7kWh before recharging. I think refrigeration takes much of my power.
It’s only a new market when people actually start buying it. They thought the Segway was a new market too - now only used by mall cops.
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