Ok, I've been generous and have given you a bit over TWO days - yet I still see no proof from you that houses in Oz can produce enough power to run their homes for 24 hours and still produce a surplus beyond that.
Ready to submit a retraction of your claim?
No, and sorry I didn't respond in my own time frame ( my contact in the industry is so busy installing systems, tendering for big contracts etc. that my sci question pales into insignificance.) The fact still remains that many Australian homes ( and noting that Australia gets an inordinate amount of sunshine; where I live in the [relatively] cold southern part gets an average Winter sunshine rate of six or seven hours per day and double that in Summer, this is already taking sunless days into consideration before your sceptical mind jumps to that conclusion.) run exclusively on solar or, as the grid connect system is designed, take from the grid in times of greater need and supply back to the grid when in surplus. The government is well on board and gives incentives ( power supplied back to the grid is credited at a higher rate) and grants for businesses and start up funds for homeowners and loans to install solar systems payable at very low intersest over a long time period.
Anyway, from what I can gather, I think we're talking about 5 kilowatt systems or thereabouts for a standard home. Yes, at this stage it requires a lot of panels and a fair bit of money but we are trying help the planet out here.
My comment about tidal energy being enough to supply the planet's power needs is just a statement about the enormity of the resource, not about our current ability to harness it.
The sun has always provided more than enough power to keep this planet humming along.
I'm not an engineer, a scientist or the saviour, I just find myself gobsmacked at the wierd dichotomy between our ability to create and invent and progress in areas such as computer technology, space exploration and miltary might yet seem so hopelessly slow and uninspired to meet the challenge of clean sustainable energy.
The good news is, more money , brainpower and research is going in the right direction and I'm quietly optimistic that we'll make huge progress in the next decade or two.
I honestly believe we'll look back at this time with our collective head shaking at the era of excess and flagrant disregard for the health of the planet.
Read-only. I'll certainly find a link for you, be patient.