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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Not at 15% efficiency you didn’t. ;-)

Direct to electric solar tops out in the low 20%’s in anything affordable and electric storage is impractical. Electrolysis is horribly inefficient. 15% direct to hydrogen is orders of magnitude more efficient than solar>electrolysis>H conversion. You will note that I did not say run your car on it. I said HVAC and water heat. If these panels are realistically priced would you not like to see a 60% drop in electric/gas bills?


7 posted on 03/16/2019 4:55:29 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (TRUMP TRAIN !!! Get the hell out of the way if you are not on yet because we don't stop for idiots)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

Bills would still be high, they would just up the portion for transmission charges and such. My actual power usage is about 40 bucks a month, the bill is over 300.


50 posted on 03/16/2019 6:11:07 AM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
15% direct to hydrogen is orders of magnitude more efficient than solar>electrolysis>H conversion.

Orders? Isn't it about the same? The last numbers I saw from pro-solar types say that it's 8 watts into electrolysis to get enough H2 to produce 1 watt.

It's not a great idea for most people.

55 posted on 03/16/2019 6:17:52 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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