Re: Diversity - good or bad ?

On 1/12/25 1:36 PM, D wrote:

  On Sun, 12 Jan 2025, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
 

On 11/01/2025 23:44, D wrote:

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On Sat, 11 Jan 2025, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
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 You REALLY hate solar, don't you ?

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I personally am a huge fan of solar for my offgrid fortress of solitude during
8-9 months of the year.
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That is fine. If youtr usage is low and there is plenty of sun - My sister oin Cape Town relies on it to keep the house going during the planed powercuts that characterise an ANC destroyed power grid.

 That country is very messed up. I think they need more peace, love and understanding, and spiritual dialogue between whites and negros. Only then will peace reign supreme! ;)
 

Bit it doesnt work very well in wintertime, and the batteries are expsenive

 This is the truth! Impossible at a realistic cost in northern europe.
 

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For the rest of the time, I wonder if small 2-3 meter wind turbines might be a
thing?
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Absolutely not.  You might get a few hundred watts at best If you build it talle ebough
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For heating I would use a wood stove or a pellets burner.
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How not very green of you!

 I wipe my ass with green toilet paper! ;)
 

Last time I was trying to calculate the cost of battery storage for a 100% solar
it came out at 600k USD or so, that is... madness.
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Now multiply it by the whole of california...

 This is the woke dream of paradise. Until we make massive gains in energy storage technology, it will remain a dream.

   Speaking of "dreams" .........
   Sorry, SA is going down the proverbial toilet and
   it's not JUST a 'black'/'white' issue per-se.