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Originally Posted by Chance
The quantity of energy you’ll need and what other sources of energy will be available play a huge role on whether solar makes sense for an application. Energy storage seems to be less of an issue to me. In a way, the more energy you use the less solar makes sense because you’ll have to rely on other sources regardless. Isn’t that the reason electric cars don’t have a solar panel on roof? It would contribute so little as a percent of total that it’s not worth it.
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That is exactly correct Chance. If you use a lot of energy during the day it can lose its effectiveness but still helps make up the loss. But if you are running a residential fridge or water heater on electric its gonna be hard to do. On a separate note in reference to electric cars, I envision one day that solar could be transmitted from huge solar arrays in outer space being received by some type of solar receiver that you pay to have turned on. I dont really think this is to far fetched. Especially with new technlogy such as Soli where you can turn appliances or apps on or up or down by rubbing or tapping your fingers together.
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