Freezing in the dark. It's what's for supper.
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You can take my wood from my cold dead hand!!jecornel said:
Hell no!! Smoke from a wood fire pollutes the atmosphere. You crazy bro?MikeDamone said:
If I like my wood I can’t keep it?WestlinnDuck said:You will be shot for religious apostasy. Killing trees and burning wood to release CO2 will be verboten.
Also, what will we do with all the horse poop? -
I burn wood. Works great!MikeDamone said:Can we just burn wood? Because people will be burning wood.
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If liberal Bullshit was energy the supply is unlimited.Sledog said:
I burn wood. Works great!MikeDamone said:Can we just burn wood? Because people will be burning wood.
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That's all well and good. But if you install solar on your home, what you actually do is get credits for the electricity you provide above your current usage. So at night you pull off the grid.PurpleThrobber said:The problem with solar and wind is storage. Production is fine - but it gets sold out onto the grid during non-peak usage times - so power produced is never going to bring top dollar on the market. In the case of residences or office buildings, the power generated needs to be stored for later use at the same site.
There's some technology coming down the pike for static storage facilities where the batteries are similar to, like, server racks. For a single family home, the racks approximately 10 feet high by maybe 3 feet square. My understanding is that stores about 40 hours of typical use.
That being said, better battery technology is necessary for any of this to work. -
Misleading article. The Xcel brownouts in Minnesota and Colorado had nothing to do with "the wind not blowing". It looks like it's a pressure issue on their natural gas supply system that only impacted customers with natural gas primary heat.
http://m.startribune.com/xcel-also-had-natural-gas-transmission-issue-in-colorado/505798472/
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The Throbber already has solar at the guns and religion compound and gets those credits - so go read again about power being sold onto the grid. Works great selling out into the grid - at non peak prices.2001400ex said:
That's all well and good. But if you install solar on your home, what you actually do is get credits for the electricity you provide above your current usage. So at night you pull off the grid.PurpleThrobber said:The problem with solar and wind is storage. Production is fine - but it gets sold out onto the grid during non-peak usage times - so power produced is never going to bring top dollar on the market. In the case of residences or office buildings, the power generated needs to be stored for later use at the same site.
There's some technology coming down the pike for static storage facilities where the batteries are similar to, like, server racks. For a single family home, the racks approximately 10 feet high by maybe 3 feet square. My understanding is that stores about 40 hours of typical use.
That being said, better battery technology is necessary for any of this to work.
It doesn't do jack when the power goes out - cost prohibitive to install the old technology battery backups.
The newer lithium based stuff will be helpful. Still super expensive unless the greenies want to include that in their tax credit package.
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Do you like the interstate you drive on? Do you like the clean water you drink?PurpleThrobber said:
The Throbber already has solar at the guns and religion compound and gets those credits - so go read again about power being sold onto the grid. Works great selling out into the grid - at non peak prices.2001400ex said:
That's all well and good. But if you install solar on your home, what you actually do is get credits for the electricity you provide above your current usage. So at night you pull off the grid.PurpleThrobber said:The problem with solar and wind is storage. Production is fine - but it gets sold out onto the grid during non-peak usage times - so power produced is never going to bring top dollar on the market. In the case of residences or office buildings, the power generated needs to be stored for later use at the same site.
There's some technology coming down the pike for static storage facilities where the batteries are similar to, like, server racks. For a single family home, the racks approximately 10 feet high by maybe 3 feet square. My understanding is that stores about 40 hours of typical use.
That being said, better battery technology is necessary for any of this to work.
It doesn't do jack when the power goes out - cost prohibitive to install the old technology battery backups.
The newer lithium based stuff will be helpful. Still super expensive unless the greenies want to include that in their tax credit package.
Why do you enjoy those investments made by the government. But hate government investment in technology? -
Where did the government get the money invested?2001400ex said:
Do you like the interstate you drive on? Do you like the clean water you drink?PurpleThrobber said:
The Throbber already has solar at the guns and religion compound and gets those credits - so go read again about power being sold onto the grid. Works great selling out into the grid - at non peak prices.2001400ex said:
That's all well and good. But if you install solar on your home, what you actually do is get credits for the electricity you provide above your current usage. So at night you pull off the grid.PurpleThrobber said:The problem with solar and wind is storage. Production is fine - but it gets sold out onto the grid during non-peak usage times - so power produced is never going to bring top dollar on the market. In the case of residences or office buildings, the power generated needs to be stored for later use at the same site.
There's some technology coming down the pike for static storage facilities where the batteries are similar to, like, server racks. For a single family home, the racks approximately 10 feet high by maybe 3 feet square. My understanding is that stores about 40 hours of typical use.
That being said, better battery technology is necessary for any of this to work.
It doesn't do jack when the power goes out - cost prohibitive to install the old technology battery backups.
The newer lithium based stuff will be helpful. Still super expensive unless the greenies want to include that in their tax credit package.
Why do you enjoy those investments made by the government. But hate government investment in technology?
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Not from you.Sledog said:
Where did the government get the money invested?2001400ex said:
Do you like the interstate you drive on? Do you like the clean water you drink?PurpleThrobber said:
The Throbber already has solar at the guns and religion compound and gets those credits - so go read again about power being sold onto the grid. Works great selling out into the grid - at non peak prices.2001400ex said:
That's all well and good. But if you install solar on your home, what you actually do is get credits for the electricity you provide above your current usage. So at night you pull off the grid.PurpleThrobber said:The problem with solar and wind is storage. Production is fine - but it gets sold out onto the grid during non-peak usage times - so power produced is never going to bring top dollar on the market. In the case of residences or office buildings, the power generated needs to be stored for later use at the same site.
There's some technology coming down the pike for static storage facilities where the batteries are similar to, like, server racks. For a single family home, the racks approximately 10 feet high by maybe 3 feet square. My understanding is that stores about 40 hours of typical use.
That being said, better battery technology is necessary for any of this to work.
It doesn't do jack when the power goes out - cost prohibitive to install the old technology battery backups.
The newer lithium based stuff will be helpful. Still super expensive unless the greenies want to include that in their tax credit package.
Why do you enjoy those investments made by the government. But hate government investment in technology? -
The Throbber is old and rich. Writing a check isn't a problem.2001400ex said:
Do you like the interstate you drive on? Do you like the clean water you drink?PurpleThrobber said:
The Throbber already has solar at the guns and religion compound and gets those credits - so go read again about power being sold onto the grid. Works great selling out into the grid - at non peak prices.2001400ex said:
That's all well and good. But if you install solar on your home, what you actually do is get credits for the electricity you provide above your current usage. So at night you pull off the grid.PurpleThrobber said:The problem with solar and wind is storage. Production is fine - but it gets sold out onto the grid during non-peak usage times - so power produced is never going to bring top dollar on the market. In the case of residences or office buildings, the power generated needs to be stored for later use at the same site.
There's some technology coming down the pike for static storage facilities where the batteries are similar to, like, server racks. For a single family home, the racks approximately 10 feet high by maybe 3 feet square. My understanding is that stores about 40 hours of typical use.
That being said, better battery technology is necessary for any of this to work.
It doesn't do jack when the power goes out - cost prohibitive to install the old technology battery backups.
The newer lithium based stuff will be helpful. Still super expensive unless the greenies want to include that in their tax credit package.
Why do you enjoy those investments made by the government. But hate government investment in technology?
I was trying to help you poors.
