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Years ago when I used to go hunting with my dad and uncle, I was the dog...
 
No but I bark alot.
 
No we weren't in the 'burbs.
 
This discussion has turned to crap.
 
what i do know....is the roof surface on my house is more then enough area to power my needs via the recent delivery via photon that day...combined with capacitor based/battery storage...which pulls it off for the night.

there are people doing this right now..... not tech available in ten years....tech that is 15 years old today.

its not easy...

and its not cheap.

but at 180-200 bux a barrel for oil in todays dollars...it is easier to see it as doable.

and it sure as hell will power up a tesla in just an hour or two.
There's lots of energy being converted to heat on your roof on some days - but you will find that converting it into electrical energy entails lots of losses. Not sure how big your roof is, but good luck charging an EV in an hour or two on a regular basis using only your roof.

Now if you want to heat water that can be done with decades old tech.
 
There's lots of energy being converted to heat on your roof on some days - but you will find that converting it into electrical energy entails lots of losses. Not sure how big your roof is, but good luck charging an EV in an hour or two on a regular basis using only your roof.

Now if you want to heat water that can be done with decades old tech.


the battery bank......huge fawker.....


not cheap...

not easy to maintain.

geo thermal among-st other ridiculous efficiencies these days knocking actual home usage down immensely.. small things like all led lighting and gas tankless heater and boiler heat for the house knock power demand down....with highest efficiency appliances....charging teslas or fords in my case just aint a big deal....


i have 4000 sq feet of roof to work with.


mid to fast charging a ev daily is easily done off of a large bank..... winter or summer...rain or shine. with 4k on tap its a non issues....but maintaining a bank that large would be a hideous kick in the berries.


and the 200k to build it makes 15 dollar a gallon gas look reasonable.
 
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the battery bank......huge fawker.....


not cheap...

not easy to maintain.

geo thermal among-st other ridiculous efficiencies these days knocking actual home usage down immensely.. small things like all led lighting and gas tankless heater and boiler heat for the house knock power demand down....with highest efficiency appliances....charging teslas or fords in my case just aint a big deal....


i have 4000 sq feet of roof to work with.


mid to fast charging a ev daily is easily done off of a large bank..... winter or summer...rain or shine. with 4k on tap its a non issues....but maintaining a bank that large would be a hideous kick in the berries.


and the 200k to build it makes 15 dollar a gallon gas look reasonable.

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