hwy17
Anti-Solar Enthusiast
Shadows would give it away, but if you filled in all the space between the panels so they cast a full block shadow it would be harder to tell apart from a fence.I am thinking vertical orientation bifacials
Shadows would give it away, but if you filled in all the space between the panels so they cast a full block shadow it would be harder to tell apart from a fence.I am thinking vertical orientation bifacials
https://archinect.com/news/article/149993737/mit-startup-creates-camouflage-solar-panelsShadows would give it away, but if you filled in all the space between the panels so they cast a full block shadow it would be harder to tell apart from a fence.
The justification for preventing people going off grid is simple.
1. The public has a vested interest in private homes not being without power except for in an outage for health and safety reasons. You can't have a home without power and water or it gets condemned.
2. The public has a vested interest in not having generators running in residential neighborhoods except for in an outage. It's an unnecessary air quality hazard when there is grid power available.
3. 99.9% of off grid systems will run out at some point in winter. At which point they would then run afoul of either of the above.
I would be sympathetic to objections to point 1. Except that even if you do say people have a right to be without power if they choose to, a lot of them are end up trying to break rule #2.
The day they make it illegal for churches to use loud speakers in place of real bells which they are using to play music all the time I will care about #2. I'd rather listen to a generator running than that crap. I'm not anti religion but I am anti force to put up with others beliefs. I don't force mine on them (pet peeve for me since I have a church not far from me doing this)The justification for preventing people going off grid is simple.
1. The public has a vested interest in private homes not being without power except for in an outage for health and safety reasons. You can't have a home without power and water or it gets condemned.
2. The public has a vested interest in not having generators running in residential neighborhoods except for in an outage. It's an unnecessary air quality hazard when there is grid power available.
3. 99.9% of off grid systems will run out at some point in winter. At which point they would then run afoul of either of the above.
I would be sympathetic to objections to point 1. Except that even if you do say people have a right to be without power if they choose to, a lot of them are end up trying to break rule #2.
Don't move to FL, it is already severely overpopulated.Move to a free State within the Republic (FL, GA, AL, TX, AR...). The left coast has literally lost it's collective minds (CA, WA, HI, OR)!! Thanks for the update Will.
Hahaha. I know what you mean!!Don't move to FL, it is already severely overpopulated.
I'm basically with you on that one. It's just got some kinks to work out. I don't think most code should be enforceable on private non-rental non-commercial/employment properties, but if it is justified it should only be on the basis of preventing fire spread to neighboring properties.#1 which isn't nice or sanitary is still government overreach
That's my plan. But people then conclude that if you barely use the utility, you should barely pay for it. It's very expensive for the utility to maintain standby power and capacity for your shortages, like $50-100/month year round, even if you only use it a few times a year.Should be a simple solution. Run as grid-input but not "grid tied" so if the sun hides too long and the batteries run low, you pull from the grid and never run out of power, but you can't get your stuff ("legally") stolen.
"The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is soon to vote on a proposed decision that is expected to be harmful to the value of rooftop solar for renters in multifamily housing, farms, and schools.
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“It would force customers in multi-meter properties—such as renters, small farmers, schools, and colleges—to sell all of their generation to the utility at low rates and buy it back at full retail rates,” said the California Solar and Storage Association (CALSSA)."
Wish we could disconnect from California tooI would just disconnect from the grid ... problem solved.
But that's a lie. One that the power companies made up when solar became popular. All power companies that I know of have a minimum power bill. You pay that for the privilege of staying connected. If that fee is good enough for pre solar days and is still good enough now if you don't have solar at all then its good enough for if you do have solar and rarely use any grid power.That's my plan. But people then conclude that if you barely use the utility, you should barely pay for it. It's very expensive for the utility to maintain standby power and capacity for your shortages, like $50-100/month year round, even if you only use it a few times a year.
Slight correction.FYI, Florida is also extremely hostile to solar power.
The monthly fee, and power rate you pay are based on a pricing model that assumes on average the amount payed for electricity will cover the costs of providing electricity year round. When there's enough shift in the consumption, say from solar self-consumption, the pricing model has to change, to continue to cover the costs of providing electrical service year round.But that's a lie. One that the power companies made up when solar became popular. All power companies that I know of have a minimum power bill. You pay that for the privilege of staying connected. If that fee is good enough for pre solar days and is still good enough now if you don't have solar at all then its good enough for if you do have solar and rarely use any grid power.
That's the problem with these morons who are suing the government and utilities is they want to push solar issues. Push common sense issues.
Now when people start demanding the power company has to buy their excess power they should have to pay a BIG fee per month to cover when they are not using the grid or whatever. Because the utilities can claim they have to do something "special" to handle getting power from the customer back into their stuff.
But people just doing a hybrid setup or needing it to charge their batteries if its cloudy to long are perfectly entitled to do that since they are paying that "membership fee" the power companies require as a minimum power bill even if you don't use any power. This covers ANY excuse the power company EVER comes up with saying something special needs to be charged for solar.
Thus the lie.