kmccune
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Feel the burn!People crazy enough to spend thousands of dollars on a bike you still have to pedal up the hills can't really say much about other crazy people.
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kmccune
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Most People do not Grok the fact that heated water is one of our biggest consumers of energy, lights, and refrigeration come next. You can make a pretty good solar collector using "galvanized steel' roofing.
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Catalyzt
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This is part of the reason I stopped. I was skiing straight skis through the 2019 season... but they had been delaminating at the tip for two years, and the bindings had been condemned for two years. They still felt fine on the mountain, but two seasons (of only 5 or 6 days each) is the longest I will go without a full release check.I miss my skinny skiās. Not a chanceā¦ Iām trike planningā¦
My back is also not great... neither are my shoulders. If I'm feeling outstanding this winter, I might take a lesson on the fatties, but I like fast turns on the fall line, hard pack single black steep with few moguls, and the old-school style of using the camber to bounce from one turn into the other. I can't see investing in new gear. Wouldn't be the same.
Art Deco
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The is correct if you have a big south facing roof like I do, but also have the sunny weather that I lack. Rational taxes and incentitve pricing wouldn't hurt, either. A solar thermal system should cost less to buy than a solar electric, not more .
mschwett
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maybe, maybe not! depends what energy source the localized solar is offsetting. if it's offsetting grid power that came from a coal fired power plant, like in much of the american midwest or mid-atlantic (e.g. kentucky, 78% of energy from coal, indiana, 73%) vs. natural gas fired hot water heating then the carbon impact is far bigger from PV than solar thermal.
on the other hand, if the local water heating is electric, or the grid is fairly clean (california - 59% from non-ghg sources, oregon or washington, majority of their power from hydro, etc) then you'd be better off by a longshot using solar thermal locally.
i agree that it should be rational - but that would be more complex
Mulezen
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I recall a picture of Los Angeles from early 1900s where most of the roofs had solar hot water so the technology is ancient and simple. With todayās on demand electric water heaters fed by solar you have an efficient and robust system. The panels are being tweaked to utilize a wider spectrum which will help with cloudy days
Solarcabin
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I may give it a year and let them work out all the bugs and recalls. It looks like a very nice truck and affordable.
Handlebars
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Solar heating for the less affluent:
Looks to be out of business, so you'd need to make your own!
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Art Deco
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A great example of how greenwashing works ... Build a giant electric battery powered cargo ship , then use it to haul coal to generate electricity to charge the batteries to haul more coal ...
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The Illusion of Progress: Chinaās Electric Cargo Ship To Carry Coal | The Tyee
Another chapter in the long con that claims technology will solve our problems.
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john peck
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Stick 4 masts on it with rotating sails to generate electricity. then they could haul ebikes instead. They areA great example of how greenwashing works ... Build a giant electric battery powered cargo ship , then use it to haul coal to generate electricity to charge the batteries to haul more coal ...
The Illusion of Progress: Chinaās Electric Cargo Ship To Carry Coal | The Tyee
Another chapter in the long con that claims technology will solve our problems.
building huge solar farms in the desert & growing things in the shade. Guess they need all that coal to
make the panels & hardware. TheyĀ“ve also have huge floating solar farms. TheyĀ“re accomplishing more
than we are; They can power a city ,Search Utube : Chinese solar farms. They use more coal, but are
making great strides to be free of it.
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Art Deco
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They are using their dirtyest and cheapest fossil fuel (coal) to manufacture solar panels that will generate power from the sun for forty or fifty years, but not enough power to make more panels. Solar panels and batteries both require a lot of power to make.
And they even won a green award for building the ship, while the owners are just trying to save the cost of diesel fuel.
Catalyzt
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We really should do this, seems so simple and straightforward!
My neighbor got solar from Tesla, and he said it sucks. We've got to get solar, but we have to replace the roof first, and before that, I have to find the ladder in the garage so I can check on the roofers while they're working, but first I have to fix the garage door, which means I have to find the 10W-40, which is in a cabinet under the sink, but my wife won't let me do that until I fix the water damage from the leaking drain pipe, which means going to the hardware store for a piece of plywood, but the neighborhood hardware store went out of business, and I don't go to big box stores. So until COVID is done, or the local economy recovers, I'll be spending a lot of money on electricity and throwing tarps over the computers and guitars in my home office when it rains.
I think we're running a micro-model for the collapse of civilization in our house!
Taylor57
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Something in your post made me think about a Rube Goldberg contraption!!
john peck
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Ya canĀ“t make an omelet without breaking eggs. Be thankful we donĀ“t have to deal with 1.6 billion people.
6zfshdb
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Due to the cloud cover where I live, solar ANYTHING is a break even proposition at best. The nail in the coffin however is the increased taxation which would more than eat up any economic gain. The county says solar installations increase property value and tax accordingly. How backward can you get!
People around here install solar simply because it's the "green" thing to do. Good for them!
People around here install solar simply because it's the "green" thing to do. Good for them!
ChezCheese:)
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We're all doomed, as we should be. Save trees and leave the planet a little better off than when you lived here.
Art Deco
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Last February we had 10 inches of snow covering our panels for the whole month. Total production ... 0 kwh for the month.
Over the whole year it averages out, but not much sunshine over here in midwinter.
john peck
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Solar is next to useless here in the rain forest, so is wind. Mini-hydro is a possible, but wave or tide
generated might do for Puget Sound. Solar is ideal for the desert, with wind second. The shade
provided cools the soil & helps retain moisture. IĀ“d like to see some solar along with the wind farms
on the plateaus above the Columbia Gorge. That, & more biodiversity instead of just wheat.
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