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I expect my lights to turn on when it's dark or cloudy outside. Fusion facilitates that, solar doesn't (unless we also get breakthroughs in battery tech).
by superuser2 10y ago
I expect my lights to turn on when it's dark or cloudy outside. Fusion facilitates that, solar doesn't (unless we also get breakthroughs in battery tech).
- marssaxman 10y agoLighting takes very little power once you switch to LEDs. I replaced all the bulbs in my house a couple of years back, and the total draw - were we to turn all interior and exterior lights on at once - would come in at around 250 watts. This is effectively negligible - the refrigerator alone uses at least twice that much. In any case, the real answer is not solar by itself, but solar plus other sustainable sources like wind and hydro.