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> “Remember the average French person lives further north than the average Canadian...” That doesn’t mean much. Regardless of latitude, the French climate is m
by Reason077 3y ago
> “Remember the average French person lives further north than the average Canadian...”
That doesn’t mean much. Regardless of latitude, the French climate is much milder than most of Canada.
In fact there’s plenty of places in North America that get much, much colder than equivalent latitudes in Europe.
Heck, Chicago is the same latitude as Barcelona(!!), but there can be 20°C or more difference in temperature during winter.
- hef19898 3y agoWhat are you saying? That Earth's rotation axis is, what, tilted? Outragious! Herasy!
- Reason077 3y agoWait, Chicago is colder than Barcelona because of the Earth's tilt?!
- bluGill 3y agoThe way ocean currents work help Barcelona more than Chicago. Chicago is warmer than its western suburbs because the suburbs are farther from the lake. (there are many other confounding factors so we cannot measure this)
- hef19898 3y agoI don't know!!!?!!!? You think I just had a streak of genius?
- guappa 3y agoNo. Since the earth spins they both get the same solar energy.
- pjc50 3y agoThat's true, because of the gulf stream, but the only thing that matters from a solar panel point of view is the angle to the sun. In fact you might get slightly more out of a Canadian solar panel than a French one at the same latitude because the Canadian one will be colder!
- Reason077 3y agoIndeed. But in either case, solar doesn't help too much on cold winter days at higher latitudes. Especially if we want to decarbonise heating, leading to increased grid demand on the coldest days.