Solar Power Stayed On as Hurricane Ian Knocked Lights Out Across Florida

[Blues Man]

I installed solar hot water in 1979 for a large four bathroom house. Cut my utility bill in half... and still going strong.

Solar hot water and solar electricity are 2 entirely different animals

 

[Crick]

We don't need to get rid of them completely.

Reduce yes but we can still keep fossil fuels in the mix

We do need to ramp up our use of next generation nuclear reactors

We do need to stop burning fossil fuels. Completely.

 

[surada]

Solar hot water and solar electricity are 2 entirely different animals

I know.

 

[beagle9]

I installed solar hot water in 1979 for a large four bathroom house. Cut my utility bill in half... and still going strong.

That sounds like it could work, but it's doubtful that it cut your utility bill in half, uhhhh unless all you do is take showers, wash clothes, dishes, lay around in the hot tub, and wash your Bentley... ROTFLMBO.... Cut you utility bill in half bawahawahawahawhawahawhawahawa.

Go tell that to your Lefty friends, and maybe they'll believe you, oh wait you already done that.... lol

 

[beagle9]

I know.

Undoubtedly you don't know.

 

[Crick]

That sounds like it could work, but it's doubtful that it cut your utility bill in half, uhhhh unless all you do is take showers, wash clothes, dishes, lay around in the hot tub, and wash your Bentley... ROTFLMBO.... Cut you utility bill in half bawahawahawahawhawahawhawahawa.

Go tell that to your Lefty friends, and maybe they'll believe you, oh wait you already done that.... lol

On average, if you install a solar water heater, your water heating bills should drop 50%–80%. Also, because the sun is free, you're protected from future fuel shortages and price hikes. If you're building a new home or refinancing, the economics are even more attractive.

Estimating the Cost and Energy Efficiency of a Solar Water Heater

Could a solar water heater save you money in the long run? Do the math and find out.

www.energy.gov

 

[beagle9]

On average, if you install a solar water heater, your water heating bills should drop 50%–80%. Also, because the sun is free, you're protected from future fuel shortages and price hikes. If you're building a new home or refinancing, the economics are even more attractive.

Estimating the Cost and Energy Efficiency of a Solar Water Heater

Could a solar water heater save you money in the long run? Do the math and find out.

www.energy.gov

Your water heating bill otherwise included into your overall bill, otherwise somehow subtracted from your over all electric bill if calculating in some kind of a separational way.

So one could say that their utility bill including everything is around $ 400.00 dollar's for the month, and so part of that being your water heating cost to you is say $20.00 of that utility bill in that month.

Ok, so you done the solar and cut that bill in half in which would be a savings of $ 10.00 dollar's on the overall. Hey every penny counts right ?

 

[Crick]

Your water heating bill otherwise included into your overall bill, otherwise somehow subtracted from your over all electric bill if calculating in some kind of a separational way.

So one could say that their utility bill including everything is around $ 400.00 dollar's for the month, and so part of that being your water heating cost to you is say $20.00 of that utility bill in that month.

Ok, so you done the solar and cut that bill in half in which would be a savings of $ 10.00 dollar's on the overall. Hey every penny counts right ?

After HVAC, depending on your local climate, your water heater is the biggest part of your electric bill. Solar water heaters pay for themselves in fairly short order. My personal preference is a batch-type: some sort of large container that gets passively heated and is simply inserted into the normal water heater intake line. So, the water heater is almost always fed water that's already hot. Saves lots of money and has no moving parts, no electronics, no thermostat, nothing.

 

[beagle9]

After HVAC, depending on your local climate, your water heater is the biggest part of your electric bill. Solar water heaters pay for themselves in fairly short order. My personal preference is a batch-type: some sort of large container that gets passively heated and is simply inserted into the normal water heater intake line. So, the water heater is almost always fed water that's already hot. Saves lots of money and has no moving parts, no electronics, no thermostat, nothing.

Nothing wrong with any of that, but Fossil fuel is here to stay... Deal with it.

 

[Crick]

Nothing wrong with any of that, but Fossil fuel is here to stay... Deal with it.

I'm afraid it's not, whether or not we all deal with it.

 

[beagle9]

I'm afraid it's not, whether or not we all deal with it.

Keep following your own bull crap thinking, and soon you'll have no body representing you in Washington D.C..

 

[sparky]

Solar Power Stayed On as Hurricane Ian Knocked Lights Out Across Florida

So did my generator

so 'splain the dif.....

~S~

 

[beagle9]

So did my generator

so 'splain the dif.....

~S~

He'll say you had to buy fuel for your generator, while ignoring the huge cost he absorbed for his Chinese built solar panels... lol

 

[Crick]

Keep following your own bull crap thinking, and soon you'll have no body representing you in Washington D.C..

That's an interesting detour.

 

[abu afak]

So did my generator

so 'splain the dif.....

~S~

Your generator will require refueling Cost each time you use it. Also can be Noisy and CO-dangerous depending on type.
Solar is for a decade or two and passive.
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[Mikeoxenormous]

We do need to stop burning fossil fuels. Completely.

Why? Do you hate trees so much you want to starve them of CO2? Why do you hate plants so much?

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

After HVAC, depending on your local climate, your water heater is the biggest part of your electric bill. Solar water heaters pay for themselves in fairly short order. My personal preference is a batch-type: some sort of large container that gets passively heated and is simply inserted into the normal water heater intake line. So, the water heater is almost always fed water that's already hot. Saves lots of money and has no moving parts, no electronics, no thermostat, nothing.

When it is December 22nd, the shortest day of the year and very cold, when the water goes outside to be warmed by said solar panel, how much heat is absorbed during the night? So when you wake up the next day your tank is nothing but freezing cold water? Or is there a electric/gas water heater inside your house just for those emergencies?

 

[Blues Man]

We do need to stop burning fossil fuels. Completely.

No we don't

 

[Crick]

No we don't

Yes we do, yes we do, yes we do. Nyah-na-na-naaaa-naaaaa.

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

Yes we do, yes we do, yes we do. Nyah-na-na-naaaa-naaaaa.

Now that the Cricket has proven he is a teenager, i just put the minor on ignore. Tic tock, only a few more Marxists to the slave pen of ignore.