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I have an economist friend who’s an energy guy. he’s done the math and says rooftop solar has saved Perth 2-3 power plants.

Posted by mafic Sep 16 '22, 23:29

Which would’ve been coal or gas. Like 1/3 of houses here have solar panels.

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that is an impressive amount of solar already -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 09:33
Still, I wish people hadn't been so against nuclear back in the 70s/80s. Would have been so much less emissions and they could be replaced with renews - zork Sep 17, 04:17 7
- I was anti-nuke because we never had a good long term waste storage plan, NIMBY was always stronger. -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 09:32 2
  - Sticking it under a mountain is actually pretty good - Reagen Sep 17, 09:36 1
    - I'm all for it, but Harry Reid blocked our one mountain -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 10:09
- Sorry -- nm - Three Mile Island Sep 17, 07:29
- Well...in Washington State the main issue was that the nukes being built were mostly to ship energy to California. -- nm - .🎡 Sep 17, 04:23 2
  - most reactors overall were being made for navy vessels - zork Sep 17, 04:25 1
    - WA had those too. Bremertom had nuclear subs. - .🎡 Sep 17, 04:29
does Australia have Govt subsidies? or is it all at home owner expense? we'll certainly get there eventually but they have to update the rates here - Beaker Sep 17, 04:11 2
- The biggest issue with solar production right now is that it's at the "wrong" time of day for needs - Reagen Sep 17, 05:13 1
  - pretty good concept -- nm - zork Sep 17, 05:15

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