RayR wrote:Ya, I heard EV's don't charge so good with those rolling blackouts.
Hope he's got a backup generator that runs on...you know like that fossil fuel stuff called natural gas.
Not a big fan of quoting RayR but this fact can't be overlooked.
All "green energy" requires mother nature to cooperate. Solar needs sunlight, wind power needs wind. You can only store so much saved up energy in a battery system. Like Honey Badger, Mother nature don't give a $hit. Renewable energy sources produce inconsistent amounts of power that vary by the season and weather,
If mother nature doesn't comply, then you get no energy from these technologies - technologies that so far have been held up via and buoyed government grants, tax credits, subsides, etc...
Humans want and need energy on demand. Green energy "solutions" so far cannot supply that.
There is no one simple cure to the human and current society's energy demand. Wind, solar, geothermal all have a place in the puzzle but fossil fuels are still the king and will be in our life time.
Try to heat a house in northern latitudes using solar - it ain't happening.
Brewha had mentioned in another post that Tesla's Powerwall is an answer for the average consumer.
Facts:
Tesla Powerwall system can store up to 13.5 kWh of backup electricity.
https://www.tesla.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/powerwall/Powerwall%202_AC_Datasheet_en_northamerica.pdfAn average household consumes about 30 kWh per day.
https://us.sunpower.com/how-many-solar-panels-do-you-need-panel-size-and-output-factors[/b]So one of the leaders' solution for using solar power technology for residential use can only store just under half of a day's worth of electricity that is needed to run an average household. Let's not forget, this is on the high end when the weather cooperates an your solar panels are running at peak efficiency (the most efficient solar panels peak out at about 23% efficient).
https://www.cleanenergyreviews.info/blog/most-efficient-solar-panels
Doesn't sound like a viable solution to an energy crisis to me.