solar PV
2 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jun 2, 2022 by Andy Lubershane · across every show →
Everything said about solar PV, oldest first
Jun 2, 2022 positive
Lubershane: Solar PV and motors require 50x less land than animal power
“But the total efficiency, if you take solar PV and then run that electricity through an electric motor to do useful work, It's on the order of probably 15 to 20%. So the upshot here is we need like 50 times less land today to get the same amount of energy, use…”
Apr 7, 2025 negative
Stadler: Pure solar and battery microgrids are uneconomic for outage resilience
“If you, if you're focusing on costs and carbon emissions, you will always see a combination between renewable technologies and In some gas fart engines for backup reasons or for resiliency reasons, right? It's pretty bad idea from an economic perspective to ha…”