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> country doesn't have the sunlight hours to make solar as viable California somehow gets more sunlight than the rest of the US? If I recall for physics, the a
by malfist 4y ago
> country doesn't have the sunlight hours to make solar as viable
California somehow gets more sunlight than the rest of the US? If I recall for physics, the amount of light depends on the latitude, not what state you're in.
- treeman79 4y agoThere’s a big difference between people trying to survive 40° weather and 0° weather when the grid has problems.
- Turing_Machine 4y agoYou're ignoring clouds. It rains a whole lot more in Seattle than it does in Los Angeles. Edit: controlling (more or less) for latitude, it rains a whole lot more in New Orleans than it does in Los Angeles. Los Angeles averages 34.1 rainy days per year. New Orleans averages 115.1.
- tzs 4y agoWeather affects usable sunlight and weather patterns vary quite a bit as you across the US at a given latitude. See this map [1]. [1] https://unboundsolar.com/solar-information/sun-hours-us-map https://unboundsolar.com/solar-information/sun-hours-us-map
- throwaway4aday 4y agoSolar elevation, length of day, weather including clouds and snow. Those vary quite a bit.
- vehemenz 4y agoThe midwest is significantly cloudier than the southwest, for example. Perhaps "effective sunlight hours" is a better phrasing.