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#51 Yesterday 08:32:02
- Void
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- Registered: 2011-12-29
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Re: Oil, Peak Oil, etc.
I need to clarify what I intend here:
I will say that I hope that your solar panels will have paid for themselves in 1-4 years as the internet claims is possible.
I wanted to say, replace for the power used for creation, in 1-4 years.
Monetary payback is a different thing.
From your post kdb512:
I have 67 panels, 25.6% efficient at BOL, IIRC, and 2 Tesla Power Walls.
That is top level efficiency at this time as far as I know.
In 20-25 years is typically the planned for lifespan. But I have read that your solar panels may be 60% of the initial efficiency in 100 years. (Speculative). So, then about 15.36% efficient in 100 years. Not that long ago that would have been considered an acceptable performance for new solar panels.
But to be truthful, the chances of a nasty sort of weather event of the time span of 100 years is larger than 0. Hail, Tornado and wind events.
With the emergence of more intricate robotic technology, I speculate that eventually solar panels may have actuators that can both follow the sun and also pose the solar panels best to survive an adverse weather event. That would be an added cost, again up front, but would conserve value if it worked correctly.
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#52 Yesterday 11:48:55
- Void
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Re: Oil, Peak Oil, etc.
Perhaps looking for truth here: https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/r … ORM=WRVORC Quote:
The biggest cover-up in the history of Islam!
Any verbal and violent empire could do the same thing. I sort of thing at times the Romans were like this
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