The solar panels on top of my campervan have generated 1 megawatt hour of energy as of today
The solar panels on top of my campervan have generated 1 megawatt hour of energy as of today
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That’s about 6 kilowatt*weeks or equivalent to 31 gallons of gas.
28 0 ReplyQuite a bit then?
6 0 ReplyThe gas analogy isn't very good because cars are very inefficient at turning gas into power. So it's substantially more than 31 gallons worth in a car.
10 1 ReplyYeah even a very efficient generator would probably use at least 90 gallons of gas to get 6 kW*weeks.
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Yeah humans burn about 100W so it’s like 60 weeks of human metabolism, more than a year of food energy!
If the van had a generator, like days of old, the sun has replaced like 3 full tanks of gas.
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