Re: Wind Solar unreliable compared to Gas Coal Nuclear

Just Wondering wrote:

> On 1/8/2024 11:20 AM, cshenk wrote:
> > 
> > ... I opted to not have battery backup at my place.  Power
> > outages are rare and seldom more than an hour.
> > 
> Certainly, until that's no longer true.  It's like saying "I opted
> not to have a fire extinguisher at home.  Home fires are rare and
> are seldom catastrophic."  It's like saying "I don't have car
> liability insurance.  I don't get in accidents, and if I did they
> would be minor ones and not my fault." It's like saying "I don't
> have any food storage.  Food shortages at my local grocery are rare
> and seldom last long."  No, you don't need an alternate home power
> source, or a fire extinguisher, or liability insurance, or food
> storage, or take any other risk-avoidance or emergency prepared
> measures.  Until you do, and if you don't have it by then it will be
> too late.

Happy dance!  There are people here!  I know it's hard to get new
members who have a grain of sanity.  alt.solar seems dead and at least
alternative energy is a good fit here!

On the battery part, I'll simply be in the same boat as others.  

In a perfect world, my solar would produce all my needs and have enough
left over for an EV car or two.  It doesn't due to blocked areas or
wrong slope on parts of the roof.  I'm at 92% of my needs.  Frankly
laying out 40k worth of lithium batteries for my house, isn't passing
any sanity/fiscal tests.

Carol