Obama pushes for Solar Power North of the Arctic Circle.

In May, June and July the sun never sets in that part of Alaska.

I'm no solar fanatic but still
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It's almost as if the writers of that fine journal that d2d reads didn't know that.

No big surprise.

 
Death's never heard about batteries.
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Batteries that store energy collected in May/June/July for energy needs in Nov/Dec/Jan?
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Cool pictures. Are those solar doohickeys on the roofs of them there houses?

How about answering the question.
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Do you think the sun sets in August and doesn't come up until may? You are aware they receive just as much sun as us, right? So they can store power from November to be used.

But why try to get off fossil fuels? They have worked well so far.
 
Also, most people are connected to a thing known as a "grid" and the grid can serve as a type of "battery".

But yeah, let's keep digging more coal to burn... because the sun doesn't rise and set at the same time everywhere....
 
Batteries: Obviously Hipster Douche Bags haven't ever tried to start their car at -30 below zero. Alaskans actually PLUG THEIR GAS BURNING CARS INTO ELECTRICITY IN THE WINTER ALL THE TIME SO THEY'LL START.

I always love the tree huggers who've lived in a city their entire lives.

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"...the grid can serve as a type of battery"? Do tell.
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I didn't say it was a battery, I said it can serve as a type of battery, which means you can store electricity there when you have excess, and draw it back when you need it.

Most utilities on the grid let you send power to them if you are generating more than you use (solar, wind, etc). This is a way to store it, and they pay you for it.

When you need it again, you use it, and pay for it.

I see that high level concepts are lost on some of you guys.
 
I always love the tree huggers who've lived in a city their entire lives.
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Yeah, cities suck. That is why most people choose to live in them.

The sticks, full of toothless inbred hicks, are wonderful. That is why nobody lives there (except for toothless inbred hicks).

Pretty sure which one you are.
 
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"...the grid can serve as a type of battery"? Do tell.
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I didn't say it was a battery, I said it can serve as a type of battery, which means you can store electricity there when you have excess, and draw it back when you need it.

Most utilities on the grid let you send power to them if you are generating more than you use (solar, wind, etc). This is a way to store it, and they pay you for it.

When you need it again, you use it, and pay for it.

I see that high level concepts are lost on some of you guys.
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You are one stupid MFer. Sure, if you generate more power that you use, most utilities will buy that power from you. But they don't store it for you for when you need it. Sending your unused power to the grid means that other power sources on the grid need to produce a bit less for current demand.....CURRENT DEMAND. Got it?
 
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