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

Re:Giant batteries and cheap solar power are shoving fossil ... by TheSpiceIsLife on Friday July 12, 2019 @08:09PM (#20425653)

I don't need to defer anything, as I'm on a flat rate. I don't like peak metering, as it would forces me to micromanage things in a way that doesn't work for me.

I don't have a clothes dryer, they use too much energy. I just hand my clothes on an indoor clothes airer and blow a fan on them. I usually leave the heat pump set to 16 degrees C while I'm out, the combination of mild air temp and the fan dries most of my clothes over night anyway.

Hadn't even heard of a self cleaning over. I don't bake a lot, so there's that.

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Re:Giant batteries and cheap solar power are shoving fossil ... by rebuilder on Saturday July 13, 2019 @12:51AM (#20426564)

It seems odd that you worry about the energy a dryer uses, yet set your thermostat to 16 degrees when you're not even in.

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Re:Giant batteries and cheap solar power are shoving fossil ... by soVeryTired on Saturday July 13, 2019 @08:16AM (#20427677)

Depends on whether they live somewhere hot or somewhere cold.

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Re:Giant batteries and cheap solar power are shoving fossil ... by rebuilder on Saturday July 13, 2019 @11:53AM (#20428630)

Youre Right! Parent is apparently from Tasmania, which I lumped together with the rest of Australia as "damn hot", while that apparently isn't the case at all.

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Re:Giant batteries and cheap solar power are shoving fossil ... by TheSpiceIsLife on Sunday July 14, 2019 @09:01AM (#20433141)

Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth. Everywhere on the south coast of Australia experiences winters that necessitate heating, though perhaps not left on constantly.

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