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Re:What went wrong with the Texas power grid? by 8note on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @11:48PM (#26162823)
Miles north of anchorage? How many hours of sun were you getting? 3? 1?
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Re:What went wrong with the Texas power grid? by kingaillas on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @11:43AM (#26168371)
I was curious so I used sunrisesunset.com to see.

Looks like at June 21 (picking a day around the summer solstice) sunrise is at 4:04 am and sunset is midnight. That's a nice 20 hours of sunshine.

On the flip and dark side, Dec 21 it is sunrise at ~10:30 am and sunset at ~3:30 pm. A sadly short 5 hours of sun. Ouch.

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