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   by realreality 8y ago

   I used Nickel Iron batteries in an off grid system. They were already 30years old. Unfortunately, they were too difficult to work with, requiring non standard voltages and maintence. You’ll need charge controllers and inverters that underst
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   by realreality 8y ago

   How is the aluminum mined and smelted? How is the tempered glass made? How are the other trace elements mined, transported, and refined? Once they’re manufactured, how do they travel to their installation location? There have been lots of s
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   by realreality 8y ago

   Solar power currently generates less than 1% of the energy consumed in the U.S. [1] Solar power is not currently displacing fossil fuel use — it’s merely contributing to the growth in consumption. In order to fulfill the Paris agreement of