Bob,
No matter how hard anyone may try we can’t fix stupid! These idiots have no brain to think of anything except their ideological bullshit!
I wouldn’t even try, but I’m sure as hell going to point it out whenever it affects the countries economy. In this country it would be desirable to vote idiots out of office. Doesn’t always happen so it needs to be talked about and emphasized.
Only to you. Solar panels don’t make electricity when its cloudy, or at night, take up a huge area of land and are regularly damaged in hail prone areas. So much for being a viable electricity source.
All you climate crisis jokers are the real maniacs. You should reduce your carbon footprint; don’t exhale for a day or two.
Wait, are you saying what I think you are saying?
Sure they do. Unless the clouds are so thick that it is pitch black out.
Correct. The standard Google answer is 10-25% of the average output.
But if you read the article, it is more about how the climate change agenda can be delivered through the courts. It is another form of governance with tyrannical underpinnings.
I want clean air, and I support common sense policy. Unfortunately, right now I am not buying most of what they are selling.
So that is 10 - 25% of the 8% total they contribute to the power grid on a sunny day. Wow! Better buy more candles.
And to think solar is going to replace natural gas, gasoline, diesel/heating oil, and coal. Good luck with that.
I agree. However, I think it is a good supplement and worth developing.
Effectively storing energy is the solar panel’s downside. Conversely, energy in the form of fossil fuels is easily stored and transported where needed.
I just got a new travel trailer with 400 watt solar panels. Unfortunately, if I turn on the 12v refrigerator and run on battery only, by morning the batteries are almost completely drained.
Works great to keep the batteries fully charged with nothing running.
I use $20 solar panel trickle chargers on vehicles/equipment. Once again, propane wins the day in my travel trailer with my dual energy fridge. Want AC? Best get a generator
how long can a Silverado EV power an average size house? - Google Search
And I think sooner rather than later, this technology will be a huge game changer when it comes to energy storage.
You have to crawl before you walk and walk before you run.
I agree. I like incentivizing change, but I am not a big fan of subsidizing and definitely not mandating.
I would like to celebrate advancement in technology. But in order to advance technology we need critical feedback and debate. The climate crazies won’t allow that.
I have to respectfully disagree with you Brian, as I’m what you would consider, a climate crazy, but I’m willing to debate.
No you are not! Unless you have glued yourself to a statue recently or exploited a young teenage girl.
I am curious, though, since Al Gore, have we moved the needle?
Moved the needle as in polluting less? No, and on the contrary, we’re polluting more today than we did yesterday, so we’re still going in the wrong direction.
But at least many realize that we need to stop, or at least slow the burning, and green tech is moving forward at a pretty good clip and is only moving faster as time moves forward.
But unfortunately, many care more about $$ than they do about the planet for future generations, so to make the changes we need to, the tech has to at a minimum be economically in line with fossil fuels, but it will happen.
A typical 3-bedroom home in the United States uses between 900 and 2,500 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity per month during the summer months.
The 30 kWh per day stated in the Silverado EV article is on the low side of actual electricity consumption during the summer months in hot regions. Batteries also lose charge just sitting there. This is known as leakage or quiescent current drain. Of course you had to charge the Silverado batteries in the first place so absolutely nothing has been gained.
So Google must be wrong too.
standard 3 bedroom house KWH used in a day - Google Search
Okay Bob, you win, the Silverado EV with the largest battery currently available will only power a standard house for 5 days.