White House Goes Solar – To Power 22 Light Bulbs!

[longknife]

Snicker. Snicker. At what cost? Growl.

A solar panel array now adorns the roof of the White House and will produce an elephantine amount of solar power when the sun is actually shining: about 44 kilowatt hours of electricity a day.

If 44 kilowatts hours sounds like a lot of energy, it isn’t. The average home consumes about 30 kilowatt hours (kWh) of power each day. The average annual electricity consumption for a U.S. residential utility customer was 10,837 kWh according to the EIA for 2012 or 30 kWh per day average.

Read the story @ Obama goes solar ? to power only 22 light bulbs?! Report: ?White House installed enough solar panels ?to power twenty-two 100-watt bulbs for 20 hours each day? | Climate Depot

 

[Mr. H.]

America- destroying its own economy one light bulb at a time.

 

[Pennywise]

America- destroying its own economy one light bulb at a time.

And we can give a big hearty thanks to GW Bush for that.

 

[Misty]

America- destroying its own economy one light bulb at a time.

And we can give a big hearty thanks to GW Bush for that.

Yep. You are correct. One of his last horrible acts.

 

[Mr. H.]

That wasn't exactly my point.
We are wasting money and resources chasing the "climate change" spook without regard to the economic consequences.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

That wasn't exactly my point.
We are wasting money and resources chasing the "climate change" spook without regard to the economic consequences.

And if we don't have a planet, what will your money be worth?

The op/ed is nonsense.

And the nutters didn't complain when GW did it.

 

[DriftingSand]

Snicker. Snicker. At what cost? Growl.

A solar panel array now adorns the roof of the White House and will produce an elephantine amount of solar power when the sun is actually shining: about 44 kilowatt hours of electricity a day.

If 44 kilowatts hours sounds like a lot of energy, it isn’t. The average home consumes about 30 kilowatt hours (kWh) of power each day. The average annual electricity consumption for a U.S. residential utility customer was 10,837 kWh according to the EIA for 2012 or 30 kWh per day average.

Read the story @ Obama goes solar ? to power only 22 light bulbs?! Report: ?White House installed enough solar panels ?to power twenty-two 100-watt bulbs for 20 hours each day? | Climate Depot

Earth-shattering news. I'll sleep easier now.

 

[Mr. H.]

That wasn't exactly my point.
We are wasting money and resources chasing the "climate change" spook without regard to the economic consequences.

And if we don't have a planet, what will your money be worth?

The op/ed is nonsense.

And the nutters didn't complain when GW did it.

The planet is a resilient thing, having survived much worse than us homo-saps.

 

[jillian]

Snicker. Snicker. At what cost? Growl.

A solar panel array now adorns the roof of the White House and will produce an elephantine amount of solar power when the sun is actually shining: about 44 kilowatt hours of electricity a day.

If 44 kilowatts hours sounds like a lot of energy, it isn’t. The average home consumes about 30 kilowatt hours (kWh) of power each day. The average annual electricity consumption for a U.S. residential utility customer was 10,837 kWh according to the EIA for 2012 or 30 kWh per day average.

Read the story @ Obama goes solar ? to power only 22 light bulbs?! Report: ?White House installed enough solar panels ?to power twenty-two 100-watt bulbs for 20 hours each day? | Climate Depot

perhaps you shouldn't pretend that a fake source run by a science denier is a legitimate source.

 

[GageTyler13]

Slightly less than the 44 kilowatt hours per day that will be produced by the new solar panels adorning the White House. According to data from TradeWind Energy, one 100-watt light bulb running for 20 hours will use two kilowatt-hours of electricity (100 watts x 20 hours = 2,000 watt-hours = 2 kWh).

 

[Stephanie]

Remember when they went ballistic over 600 toilet seats under Reagan?

but this is the Dear Leader, it' ok how he waste billions of taxpayers monies

 

[NoNukes]

Remember when they went ballistic over 600 toilet seats under Reagan?

but this is the Dear Leader, it' ok how he waste billions of taxpayers monies

Those toilet seats really helped the environment.

 

[Mr. H.]

How many Obamas does it take to screw in 22 light bulbs?

 

[Old Rocks]

Slightly less than the 44 kilowatt hours per day that will be produced by the new solar panels adorning the White House. According to data from TradeWind Energy, one 100-watt light bulb running for 20 hours will use two kilowatt-hours of electricity (100 watts x 20 hours = 2,000 watt-hours = 2 kWh).

And what energy does the equivelent LED use?

The 'Conservatives' on this board rattle on a bunch of fools. And demonstrate daily why such ignorant assholes should never be allowed at the controls of power.

Solar power gives any homeowner that can afford it the ability to be both a consumer and a producer of power. In grid parrallel configuration is is not that expensive, if you own an EV, the payback period is reasonable. And if you also take other energy saving measures in your home, the payback is even more rapid.

 

[Intolerant]

One to change the light bulb and thousands of others to scream "yes we can".