For Chuck

[grassfarmer]

Chuck you have no Clue.

My power bill in Florida is lower than my power bill in Regina and its the same size home.

Well that's a head scratcher. You don't suppose it's because it's warmer in Florida than Saskatchewan do you? DOH!

[Robertbarlage]

Air conditioner takes more power that a furnace .

[SASKFARMER3]

It's an air conditioner/heat pump/ Dehumidifier.

But most of Floridas power is from Nuke, Coal and Solar. Oh, the sun shines a lot and the solar panels cover entire sections some of the large farms. They are ugly.

[grassfarmer]

Air conditioner takes more power that a furnace .

So all this time the argument that alternative energy doesn't work in our cold winter climate was a bit bogus? Should have been more worried all along about it's ability to cool houses in warmer climates? Maybe it's an even better fit if that's the case? guys with lots of sun generating enough to power their AC and those with less sun in winter have less need for it anyway?

[SASKFARMER3]

Or one big nuke plant in Northern Sask would generate alot of power for Sask.

[shtferbrains]

If it works for you, go for it.

But don't ask me to help pay for it.

[SASKFARMER3]

I agree if any one wants to lower their home bills cover your roof but you pay for it if its so cheap. Not the rest of us.

[chuckChuck]

Chuck you have no Clue.

My power bill in Florida is lower than my power bill in Regina and its the same size home.

Here is a question you need to answer to make your statement mean something. How many kwh do you use per year in Florida and in Regina? What is the rate you pay per kwh in both locations all in electricity, taxes, and delivery?

[chuckChuck]

I agree if any one wants to lower their home bills cover your roof but you pay for it if its so cheap. Not the rest of us.

Farms pay less for electricity in Saskatchewan than what city and town residents pay, but the actual cost of delivering electricity to farms is higher. Farms are being subsidized by the majority of Saskpower customers.

[Hamloc]

So all this time the argument that alternative energy doesn't work in our cold winter climate was a bit bogus? Should have been more worried all along about it's ability to cool houses in warmer climates? Maybe it's an even better fit if that's the case? guys with lots of sun generating enough to power their AC and those with less sun in winter have less need for it anyway?

First off Grassfarmer as I showed back in Feb. the only large solar farm in Alberta produced no power through the month, but as the weather warmed up in the March it did come back online confirming that it was snow cover in Feb. causing the zero production. As I look today I see all the windmill farms are producing at 7% of capacity. In my case I consume roughly 3 times as much power in January as I do in July so you are wrong again.

The part that fascinates me is this arguement of battery storage with solar. In the winter where I live (central alberta) on a perfect winter day I will get almost 8 hrs. of sunlight so I would run off batteries for 16 hrs. So first I would put up enough panels to supply my consumption during the day. Then I would put up twice as many panels to charge the batteries to last through the night. So in reality if I needed 20 panels to meet my needs during the day, I would need 60 panels and accompanying storage for 24 hrs. This would also apply to commercial generation by solar as well, in the winter some panel production would be for immediate consumption the rest for charging batteries. And for those of you unhappy that China isn't buying our grain, China supplies pretty well all the solar panels sold in western Canada. Enjoy your day.