Giant batteries and cheap solar power are shoving fossil fuels off the grid

Re:Giant batteries and cheap solar power are shoving fossil ... by jedberg on Friday July 12, 2019 @03:44PM (#20423784)

Definitely. A lot of our houses were built when a/c wasn’t necessary so you actually wanted to let heat in. The average summer high in LA was in the mid 70s during the 1950s. Now it’s in the high 80s and sometimes hits 100+.

The house my dad grew up in he no a/c. We had to install it in the 1980s. Now it would be unlivable without.

But the thermal profile is terrible. It’s designed to bring heat inside year round.

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Re:Giant batteries and cheap solar power are shoving fossil ... by onetimemanytime on Friday July 12, 2019 @03:48PM (#20423820)

>>The average summer high in LA was in the mid 70s during the 1950s. Now it’s in the high 80s and sometimes hits 100+.

10 degrees plus in changes over a few decades?

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Re:Giant batteries and cheap solar power are shoving fossil ... by jdhn on Friday July 12, 2019 @03:54PM (#20423886)

I bet it's due to the heat island effect due to the proliferation of roads and parking lots.

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Re:Giant batteries and cheap solar power are shoving fossil ... by newnewpdro on Friday July 12, 2019 @04:18PM (#20424103)

All those internal combustion engines filling the congested LA roads aren't exactly cooling the place down either. More of the energy from the fuel is lost to heat out the radiator and tail pipe than goes towards propulsion.

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Re:Giant batteries and cheap solar power are shoving fossil ... by _eht on Friday July 12, 2019 @04:40PM (#20424302)

That is something really interesting that I never connected the dots on. Thank you.

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Re:Giant batteries and cheap solar power are shoving fossil ... by onetimemanytime on Friday July 12, 2019 @03:56PM (#20423905)

That I can see. No shade + concrete is a nightmare. Plus wind is probably limited due to buildings.

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