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Re:B.C. introduces law to require cars, trucks sold by 2040 ... by seanmcdirmid on Friday April 12, 2019 @02:10PM (#19647444)
High altitudes can actually get a lot more sun if you are above the clouds. But BC isn’t really high altitude like Tibet is, they just have lots of mountains. Edit: read parent wrong, never mind about altitude.
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Re:B.C. introduces law to require cars, trucks sold by 2040 ... by crooked-v on Friday April 12, 2019 @02:16PM (#19647495)
Latitude, not altitude.
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Re:B.C. introduces law to require cars, trucks sold by 2040 ... by seanmcdirmid on Friday April 12, 2019 @02:17PM (#19647522)
Oh oops. In that case, whether you get a lot of sun or not depends on what season you are in. But mostly northern BC is a rain forest like southern Alaska or even western Washington/Vancouver, not the best place for solar.

Solar power actually works better to the north where there is less cloud cover, eg see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_in_Alaska and https://energyhub.org/yukon-territory/.

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