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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 04:26 PM Original message |
I have a stupid question about solar energy. |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. If you do both you can feed unused power back into the grid. nt |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. That part I get. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. solar power is not 24/7, the cells only store so much energy |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 04:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. So the problem is storage? |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Yes, sotage is one of the main bottlenecks in green energy in general. |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. So basically |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 07:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. Yes, most certainly. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 07:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. Ack. Typo. Storage, not sotage (whatever that is). |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Sorry to post this twice, but we charge up 12 volt batteries using the solar panels |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. You live on a boat?? |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 05:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Yep. We make our own electricity and water. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 07:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. My neighbor runs his diesel truck & heats his house with |
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tangent90 (787 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. You are a VERY rare energy-frugal bird. I doubt that 1 out of 100 consumers could do that, |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I am always amazed when I visit otherwise progressive friends. They generally |
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tangent90 (787 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Not an excuse but by way of explanation, I grew up in the era of cheap and plentiful |
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dtotire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. Solar panels don't generate power at night. |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. No, but it can be "stored". |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. When electricity travels, it loses efficiency. |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. You would still have to run power lines |
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tangent90 (787 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
7. It's not a stupid question at all. The obstacle to that idea is energy density. |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I'm missing something. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 05:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. One thing to be clear on: There is NO energy-conversion system anywhere NEAR 80% |
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tangent90 (787 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I typed way too fast and wrote "realistically" instead of what I really meant, |
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tangent90 (787 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Yes, an enormous amount of sun energy reaches the earth, nearly all of it hits |
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HillbillyBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 01:30 AM Response to Reply #17 |
31. Actually a 175 watt panel is about 36x48. |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. Enough reaches the edge of the earths atmosphere |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Solar panels are not 80% efficient. |
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tangent90 (787 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. My bad, I know better, typed the wrong word...see my #18 |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
9. If you sell a man a fish, he eats for a day. |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
26. Especially now |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
29. I imagine that would depend on the climate, for one thing |
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