[Krosan]

Truth be told I’ve met my limitations. I don’t know what an inverter is and what I remember from my woodworking class is “ampere kills”.

I try to navigate this area by managing to determine who is trustworthy and who is not.

So far the statement saying “advanced civilization can’t survive on the battery-windmill grid” has seemed true, but I don’t understand the formulas behind it.

[Tell It Right]

The inverter converts DC power to AC power (a must in a solar system since the power generated from solar panels is in DC, and that's how it's stored in the batteries, but your house needs power in AC).

AC is great as far as carrying power across distances. The past century plus of homes having power wouldn't have happened with DC power because DC power travels long distances poorly (i.e. the distance from the power plant to your home). So all of our appliances depend on AC power, which means the solar system is no good for your home unless the DC power coming in from solar can be converted to AC.