LA gas prices go above $5 while resident learn solar panels donāt work in blackouts
Saudi Arabia, local refineries gearing up for winter blends, weird eco-laws and regulations all leading to a 1 day spike to over $5 per gallon in various locations.
But wait, thereās more: Americaās most āenvironmentally consciousā state got a harsh lesson in electrical engineering when many of the tens of thousands of people hit by this weekās blackout learned the hard way that solar installations donāt keep the lights on during a power outage.
That, as Bloomberg reports, is ābecause most panels are designed to supply power to the grid, not directly to houses. During the heat of the day, solar systems generate more juice than a home can handle. However, they donāt produce power at all at night. So systems are tied into the grid, and the vast majority arenāt working this week as PG&E cut power to much of Northern California to prevent wildfires.ā
A whole lot of people suckered over the solar power scan.