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Re:Solar Just Hit a Record Low Price in the U.S by prawn on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @05:47PM (#17510536)
Where it's hot, people come home from work as the sun is setting, and turn on the A/C. It can be 85F overnight in many parts of the world, which makes sleep very difficult.
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Re:Solar Just Hit a Record Low Price in the U.S by klipt on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @07:23PM (#17511031)
If you leave your AC running all day on solar energy ($0 marginal cost), do you still need to run it at night?
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Re:Solar Just Hit a Record Low Price in the U.S by prawn on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @10:18PM (#17511713)
Yes. Our house in Australia is reasonably well insulated, but if I turn off the A/C, it feels warm again within about 15-30 minutes. During summer, it can remain 30C (86F) overnight, and higher than that well into the evening. Recently in Oman, the overnight minimum didn't drop below 42.6C (108F) overnight.
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Re:Solar Just Hit a Record Low Price in the U.S by sjwright on Thursday July 12, 2018 @12:22AM (#17512172)
A "reasonably well" insulated house by Australian standards is still laughably poor compared to modern European standards. We build rubbish houses here, and we can't insulate worth a damn.
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