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Re:What a year of solar and batteries saved us in 2025 by lm28469 on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @11:12AM (#46602951)
The average household doesn't have two electric cars though
Re:What a year of solar and batteries saved us in 2025 by pixl97 on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @11:57AM (#46603721)
Yea, averages don't work well when talking about single units without any further details.

How many sq/ft is the house?

Is it filled with windows facing south?

Are they firing a continuous laser beam at the moon?

2-3x usage is actually pretty typical when looking at a single house when comparing to average. It's when you start getting close to an order of mag difference that you're an outlier.

Re:What a year of solar and batteries saved us in 2025 by KaiserPro on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @04:10PM (#46608067)
I have an electric car, one powerwall (pre musk midlife crisis) and 5kw solar. we consumed 6mwhrs in 2025. Gas heating and hotwater, about 190w base because of networking, servers and shit left on.
Re:What a year of solar and batteries saved us in 2025 by Scott_Helme_ on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @04:40PM (#46608561)
How did you know about my laser?!
Re:What a year of solar and batteries saved us in 2025 by pixl97 on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @06:07PM (#46609715)
I saw your xkcd history...