One gigawatt can power about 1 million U.S. homes. But since solar power is on only about a third of the time, a gigawatt of solar can only power about 330,000 homes.
And by that logic 3 women can have one baby in 3 months.
One gigawatt can power about 1 million U.S. homes. But since solar power is on only about a third of the time, a gigawatt of solar can only power about 330,000 homes.
And by that logic 3 women can have one baby in 3 months.
The difference is around half of Texas's summer electricity usage is on AC. AC use tends to be the best use-case for solar power, as both AC use and solar power are primarily driven by the sun.
Basically, in some cases, the mythical man-month holds.
Which in many ways shows that the state should be encouraging passive houses. A passive house would put less pressure on the power grid when the heat kicks in. On the other hand humidity appears to be the current Achilles heal of these houses.
Texas is a real mess right now. It is a State that is rapidly changing, as there is a lot of economic growth, and urban development. That means in order for it to function it will need to apply smarter regulations and a more advanced method of governance, for the growth to succeed and be sustained. While at the same time the big driver of this growth to Texas is lower Taxes and Regulations. This method was sustainable with the Old Texas, because a solid majority of Texans were rural, with a lot of land. So they had the resources and the drive to fend for themselves. But as a lot of companies enter Texas, these companies will be hiring employees who may be living in a City or Suburban area, in which they may not own resources that they fully need to survive, Municipal Water, because having wells for every home will kill the water table. Electricity for AC because you may be stuck in your house, vs being able to wonder around and rest in the shade of a tree. Being closer to other people means you need more services like police, firemen, EMT... Because someones private problem now becomes your problem too. And regulations. Because where if you live in the middle on nowhere you can burn your trash dump your car oil in the back... It will not directly effect anyone else. But with a lot of people, rules will need to be made to make sure the general public health and safety is under control.
Many of the politicians in Texas, remember the old Texas, while they want to reap the rewords of its attractiveness for further expansion and growth, they don't seem to get that growth cannot always continue, and your model needs to be changed for sustainability. Because otherwise it will be too many problems to continue doing business there.
Texas needs to stop listening to New York City Conservative commentators who idealize Texas vs seeing what it is really like.
Your understanding of the state of Texas is decades out of date. Texas, like most of the rest of the US, is mainly urban/suburban and had been for a long long time.
You see but you do not observe.
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One gigawatt can power about 1 million U.S. homes. But since solar power is on only about a third of the time, a gigawatt of solar can only power about 330,000 homes.
And by that logic 3 women can have one baby in 3 months.
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The difference is around half of Texas's summer electricity usage is on AC. AC use tends to be the best use-case for solar power, as both AC use and solar power are primarily driven by the sun.
Basically, in some cases, the mythical man-month holds.
Re: Math (Score:2)
Which in many ways shows that the state should be encouraging passive houses. A passive house would put less pressure on the power grid when the heat kicks in. On the other hand humidity appears to be the current Achilles heal of these houses.
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Texas is a real mess right now. It is a State that is rapidly changing, as there is a lot of economic growth, and urban development. That means in order for it to function it will need to apply smarter regulations and a more advanced method of governance, for the growth to succeed and be sustained. While at the same time the big driver of this growth to Texas is lower Taxes and Regulations. This method was sustainable with the Old Texas, because a solid majority of Texans were rural, with a lot of land. So they had the resources and the drive to fend for themselves. But as a lot of companies enter Texas, these companies will be hiring employees who may be living in a City or Suburban area, in which they may not own resources that they fully need to survive, Municipal Water, because having wells for every home will kill the water table. Electricity for AC because you may be stuck in your house, vs being able to wonder around and rest in the shade of a tree. Being closer to other people means you need more services like police, firemen, EMT... Because someones private problem now becomes your problem too. And regulations. Because where if you live in the middle on nowhere you can burn your trash dump your car oil in the back... It will not directly effect anyone else. But with a lot of people, rules will need to be made to make sure the general public health and safety is under control.
Many of the politicians in Texas, remember the old Texas, while they want to reap the rewords of its attractiveness for further expansion and growth, they don't seem to get that growth cannot always continue, and your model needs to be changed for sustainability. Because otherwise it will be too many problems to continue doing business there.
Texas needs to stop listening to New York City Conservative commentators who idealize Texas vs seeing what it is really like.
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Your understanding of the state of Texas is decades out of date. Texas, like most of the rest of the US, is mainly urban/suburban and had been for a long long time.