This week's comic: The dangers of solar panels
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This week's comic: The dangers of solar panels
The shock when you find out solar panels are made in coal-fired ovens in China with lots of soon-to-be scarce resources that require oil & sulphuric acid, and are not true "renewables" but another source of waste when they need to be replaced in 30 years.
Note: we've installed solar on our roof & I agree we need to decarbonize as fast as we can, but this kind of propaganda that suggests we can do business as usual after switching to solar is also ... just hopium.
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@weezmgk @pomubieng @VoquiLeibbrandt @jensorensen is 10kw enough for a 18000 sqft house (4500 sqft covered) with swimming pool & personal gym?
@GOKUSHRM Depends on the latitude of where you live, the insulation of the house, the efficiency of your heating/cooling, whitegoods etc etc. Numerous calculations need to be done above the simple area of the house. We're in SE Australia at 34°S where there's lots of annual sunshine and high efficiency rev cycle heat/aircon, heat pump water heat, recent high efficiency whitegoods and so on. We use a lot of power, about 23kWh/day on avg. @pomubieng @VoquiLeibbrandt @jensorensen
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@GOKUSHRM Depends on the latitude of where you live, the insulation of the house, the efficiency of your heating/cooling, whitegoods etc etc. Numerous calculations need to be done above the simple area of the house. We're in SE Australia at 34°S where there's lots of annual sunshine and high efficiency rev cycle heat/aircon, heat pump water heat, recent high efficiency whitegoods and so on. We use a lot of power, about 23kWh/day on avg. @pomubieng @VoquiLeibbrandt @jensorensen
@weezmgk @pomubieng @VoquiLeibbrandt @jensorensen the country I'm living is known for hot temperature
almost 40-45°c 9-10 months regularly 
. U can say full year sun 
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@GOKUSHRM You might need more than 1 panel to live the dream, but I wholly endorse a big effin solar array (ours is 10.5kW), 40.5kWh of batteries and induction cooking. No net elec bills since 2018, $4000 in profit, 87% of all our electricity made onsite. @pomubieng @VoquiLeibbrandt @jensorensen
@weezmgk @VoquiLeibbrandt @jensorensen
There is not enough lithium for so many batteries -
@weezmgk @VoquiLeibbrandt @jensorensen
There is not enough lithium for so many batteries@ana Incorrect. Lots of renewable energy haters try to leverage this myth. Not only is there enough lithium (it's not particularly rare, there's more lithium on the planet than lead, tin & silver), it's 100% recyclable and there's more types of rechargeable batteries than just lithium based. @VoquiLeibbrandt @jensorensen
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@chrisp65_3
Ja, aber sein, nicht haben. -
@weezmgk @pomubieng @VoquiLeibbrandt @jensorensen the country I'm living is known for hot temperature
almost 40-45°c 9-10 months regularly . U can say full year sun ️ on head@GOKUSHRM 10kW PV might be enough, for your application, but PV is so cheap that you should cover as much roof area with PV as you can. Batteries have become much cheaper of late, too. Start with your annual kWh consumption and work your way up from there. @pomubieng @VoquiLeibbrandt @jensorensen
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This week's comic: The dangers of solar panels
@jensorensen the Mad Magazine energy of the clean-air-sniffing character is sending me
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@GOKUSHRM 10kW PV might be enough, for your application, but PV is so cheap that you should cover as much roof area with PV as you can. Batteries have become much cheaper of late, too. Start with your annual kWh consumption and work your way up from there. @pomubieng @VoquiLeibbrandt @jensorensen
@weezmgk @pomubieng @VoquiLeibbrandt @jensorensen ok thanks for valuable info... I'll definitely install solar system soon once my house is completed
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@weezmgk @pomubieng @VoquiLeibbrandt @jensorensen ok thanks for valuable info... I'll definitely install solar system soon once my house is completed
@GOKUSHRM I would be incorporating solar & batteries during the construction. Much better than retrofitting. There's enough resources around for you to estimate your power needs and build to suit. @pomubieng @VoquiLeibbrandt @jensorensen
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@GOKUSHRM I would be incorporating solar & batteries during the construction. Much better than retrofitting. There's enough resources around for you to estimate your power needs and build to suit. @pomubieng @VoquiLeibbrandt @jensorensen
@weezmgk @pomubieng @VoquiLeibbrandt @jensorensen ok. I'll consult my solar panel provider's before installing anyone...
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@weezmgk @pomubieng @VoquiLeibbrandt @jensorensen ok. I'll consult my solar panel provider's before installing anyone...
@GOKUSHRM Get at least 3 quotes on your job before proceeding, avoid the very cheapest particularly if you're being quoted on small, new company mfrs of battery/inverter equipment. Important for your mfr to be around long enough to provide service through the warranty periods. We chose top-tier mfrs even though it cost more. LG has even left PV mfg but LG is a behemoth and will most likely be around for the next 30 years for any warranty claims @pomubieng @VoquiLeibbrandt @jensorensen
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@chrisp65_3
Ja, aber sein, nicht haben.Der Blick, die Gestik in Verbindung mit dem Problem - das schließt jede andere aus.
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@GOKUSHRM Get at least 3 quotes on your job before proceeding, avoid the very cheapest particularly if you're being quoted on small, new company mfrs of battery/inverter equipment. Important for your mfr to be around long enough to provide service through the warranty periods. We chose top-tier mfrs even though it cost more. LG has even left PV mfg but LG is a behemoth and will most likely be around for the next 30 years for any warranty claims @pomubieng @VoquiLeibbrandt @jensorensen
@weezmgk @pomubieng @VoquiLeibbrandt @jensorensen I'll get mine from 2 of the biggest business groups in our country. They are also known as global business groups... Reliance grp & Tata grp. 3rd one is adani grp
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This week's comic: The dangers of solar panels
@jensorensen as a Gen-X the bottom-right panel speaks to me. Oof.
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