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   Rocketman (slothrop@chaos.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 22:27:23 JST Rocketman

   Each time I take a walk around the neighborhood, I see more houses with #solar panels. Must be 25% or so by now. Probably a much higher share if you count only the owner occupied houses.

   People really seem to like this magic free energy thing!

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 22:28:04 JST Rich Felker

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     @slothrop I'd consider it but free hot water and heating sounds even more attractive as use of the space.. 😁

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     fedops 💙💛 (fedops@fosstodon.org)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 22:52:29 JST fedops 💙💛

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     • Rich Felker

     @dalias in these latitudes solar heating isn't really a thing.
     @slothrop

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 22:52:29 JST Rich Felker

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     • fedops 💙💛

     @fedops @slothrop Whatever you can get as electricity, you should be able to get at least 4-5x as heat if you can concentrate & absorb it.

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     fedops 💙💛 (fedops@fosstodon.org)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 23:33:11 JST fedops 💙💛

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     • Rich Felker

     @dalias likewise if you send it through a heat pump.

     Still not nearly enough in winter though. For 4.5 kWe installed we got 60 kWh so far this month.

     @slothrop

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 23:33:11 JST Rich Felker

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     • fedops 💙💛

     @fedops @slothrop Yeah, PV + heat pump is really competitive with direct solar heating.