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Jeez some of the comments in The Australian were hilarious - apparently:
- I'm a rich man ripping off the poor by having a government subsidy
- Part of my cost reduction is only due to reducing usage (which I've never refuted)
- So by being more energy efficient, I'm bad
- The system will still never pay itself off
- Nobody else will ever be able to afford these things
- Its just a toy for me to feel good about myself
How quickly these decrepit old fucks forget that their electronics used to cost 6 months' salary and can now be bought for peanuts (relatively speaking).
Meanwhile, they're all claiming to be poor, yet paying subscriber fees to a newspaper that is just an echo chamber for their baby boomer rubbish. One guy even said "God has blessed Australia with fossil fuels. We should use them!"
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@NTA said in Solar Power and Storage - a nerd's view:
One guy even said "God has blessed Australia with fossil fuels. We should use them!"
What a retard. We should sell them.
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@taniwharugby That's why I wouldn't invest in Tesla. Volkswagen AG has the engineers, testing tracks and experience in proving concepts. Ditto Toyota, etc.
I'll change my mind when I see Tesla at Le Mans...
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@antipodean said in Solar Power and Storage - a nerd's view:
the engineers, testing tracks and experience in proving concepts
Interesting way to look at it.
I'd say Tesla have done something important in proving a concept: from the Roadster to now, and soon the Model 3, there doing OK.
Now every other manufacturer is getting in on the action. And who can blame VW after their publicised diesel scandals?
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@taniwharugby said in Solar Power and Storage - a nerd's view:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sponsored-stories/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503708&objectid=11821714
Jeebus, Nick's put on the beef. Nice sun tan though
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Sweet!
Out of interest, how much do you guys pay in NZ for electricity in terms of connection fee per day and per-kWh price? Is it mostly single-rate, or do you have access to time-of-use tariffs (off-peak/shoulder/peak) and controlled load for hot water?
The energy efficiency program they mention in the article is a key part - the best way to save on electricity is to not use it at all. But around these parts we're fairly shit at double glazing and thermal building materials. I look at some of the stuff they do on Grand Designs UK and am insanely jealous.
Need to get up in my roof space and cover the downlights, now I think of it.
Also the exhaust fans in the bathroom need a bit of this:
https://www.bunnings.com.au/builders-edge-draft-prevent_p0811059
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@NTA said in Solar Power and Storage - a nerd's view:
Sweet!
Out of interest, how much do you guys pay in NZ for electricity in terms of connection fee per day and per-kWh price? Is it mostly single-rate, or do you have access to time-of-use tariffs (off-peak/shoulder/peak) and controlled load for hot water?
Around $1-$2 per day for fixed use charges, 22-24c per kWh (NZ$) for fixed rates, more variable for night rates etc.
Most power companies offer a range of plans, so all options in your post are available.
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@NTA I rarely use mine for the air-con side, only the heating, and it isn't that bad, my bill probably migfht be an extra $80-$120 a month depending how much we use it in winter, but my wife being English likes to use it a lot as she thinks it is dumb being cold inside your house, and being cold to her is different to my being cold...
Think mine is about 9kw for heating which is slightly less for cooling.
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@NTA said in Solar Power and Storage - a nerd's view:
Wait is this just another name for reverse-cycle air con?
I thought we were talking about a thing that extracts heat from ceiling space and pushes it into the house.
Yeah, a heat pump is just an inverter air con over here.
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