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Is SolarCity considered a quicker replacement to the damaged power grid and supply? That a truck can carry far more energy in the form of petroleum than it can
by rz2k 9y ago
Is SolarCity considered a quicker replacement to the damaged power grid and supply?
That a truck can carry far more energy in the form of petroleum than it can in the form of batteries is one of the arguments against wasting fossil fuels on non-extreme conditions, like regular transportation and non-emergency electric power generation.
For Puerto Rico right now cheap, even if relatively inefficient, generators and lots of fuel seems like a good way to help in the very short term. Military surplus diesel generators, for example, are really cheap for how much power they can output with enough fuel.
- ben_w 9y agoThey aren’t directly comparable. You ship a truckload of PV and once installed it keeps providing daytime power without further delivery; you ship a battery to somwhere with PV and that power can now be made in the day and used at night, every day/night for a few years. Even without batteries, shipping PV will at least keep the freezers cold (and food fresh).