Re: 2021, time for a new general & diff speculation thread...
they provide 85 to 102 kwatts 24/7/365
Phil, what kind of magical solar panels do you have that produce electricity 24 hours from 24?
It is still a huge amount of power being used and yes, more power than many small countries use. Then again, just 2-3 large aluminum smelters also 'use more power than many small countries'. It is a drop in the bucket vs other data-based enterprises.
I always said rather than going defensive like a zealot it's better to understand why it does so, and it's because poeple see it as an economical activity that brings profit and that profit is supported by the utility poeple see it in it. If demand for aluminum would drop those smelters will consume a lot less, if we switch everything to aluminum you will see another 100 pop up, if a new religion takes over goodbye porn and goodbye Christmas lights but maybe we will use more power to build the mandatory sacrificial altar that every house needs to have one.
It is what it is and that's the end of it, comparisons are just waiting around the corner to bite you in the ass
510/6 = 84 daily hourly average
510/ 5 = 102 daily hourly average
510 is peak
factor of five is for a sunny year.
factor of six is for a wet year.
So with net metering the meter runs backwards from about 10am to 4 or 5 pm. and forwards as sun is setting. of course i know your joking 🙃 but some may not.