Notices by Jack of all trades (jackofalltrades@mas.to), page 5

@urlyman @CelloMomOnCars

If it's any consolation, #solar at this latitude isn't so great anyway.

Germany currently has 75.17 GW of installed solar capacity.

In June solar generated 9376.9 GWh resulting in a capacity factor of 17%. Nice, right? Well, in January solar generated 917,5 GWh resulting in capacity factor of 1.7%.

The idea that solar can meet the energy needs of Germany is quite ill-informed IMHO.

Source: https://energy-charts.info/charts/energy/chart.htm?l=en&c=DE&chartColumnSorting=default&interval=month&month=-1&source=total&legendItems=0000000000000000010

@urlyman @CelloMomOnCars

For comparison, average solar capacity factor for the whole US varies between 13.1% in December and 33.4% in June.

Source: https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.php?t=epmt_6_07_b

@urlyman @CelloMomOnCars

Yep. Comparing by latitudes the US spans roughly between Morocco and Italy. Germany and UK are at a similar latitude to southern Canada.

@urlyman @CelloMomOnCars

Here's another interesting trend reversal: the lowest point for the average car fuel consumption in the UK was 2016. After that point Brits started buying bigger and heavier cars and the fuel consumption has been growing ever since.

The exact same thing can be seen in Germany.

@urlyman @CelloMomOnCars

So now check this out, 2019 data:

USA
avg engine power: 192 kW
avg kerb weight: 1768 kg
avg fuel consumption: 8.6 lge/100km
gasoline price: 0.79 $ PPP/litre

https://www.iea.org/articles/fuel-economy-in-the-united-states

UK
avg engine power: 110 kW
avg kerb weight: 1518 kg
avg fuel consumption: 6.3 lge/100km
gasoline price: 1.59 $ PPP/litre

https://www.iea.org/articles/fuel-economy-in-the-united-kingdom

German numbers are very similar to UK's.

The cheaper the energy the more wasteful people are with it, it's that simple.

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