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Why solar cannot realistically power the electricity grid. "To power 100,000 homes for one hour, you need 50,000 tonnes of solar panels." "If I want to produce this hour of electricity in the evening when the sun isn't shining, well then I need batteries." "For one hour of electricity... show more

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Baller1 year ago

@elonmusk disagrees with this. He thinks solar+batteries is the holy grail of energy.

Tape1 year ago

You can tell he's a shill bc he didn't say half a ton for every house. You need the same solar panels regardless of time, but he said an hour, implying you need more for the next hour. Solar isn't standalone. It offloads expensive power plants at day making it cheaper overall, so his battery example is invalid as well. Hardcore propaganda as always when it comes to this channel and subject.

$XRPGuy1 year ago

Don't share this negativity with Elon Musk...

stickyricE1 year ago

if its not happening in Hawaii, it's not possible

Suleman Kakar1 year ago

But they don't burn billions of litres of Fossil fuel

The Flying Crab1 year ago

This math is completely wrong, You need 50,000 panels NOT 50,000 tonnes of panels...I'm not a fan of grid solar but you've got to at least be accurate with your info. Your math is wrong by a factor of about 50!

BucksnortJefeX1 year ago

And you burn millions of BTU to produce the panels and batteries

𝗗𝗼𝘁.𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗻 🏴‍☠️1 year ago

@elonmusk dislikes your facts😡🤣

TrueWest1 year ago

Green energy is a money making scam.

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Batteries can now meet 75 percent of average grid demand and 44 percent of peak demand for 4 hours every day in the world's 4th-largest economy at a cost less than 1 percent the price of electricity California’s main grid now has over 17 GW of batteries, along with over 23 GW of solar and 12 GW of wind. Average demand is less than 23 GW. The growth of solar, wind, and batteries has helped eliminate 62 percent of all fossil gas use on the grid in 2026 versus 2023. Strikingly, those batteries can now meet three-quarters of average demand and 44 percent of peak demand for four hours every day. What is more, wind-water-solar renewables have met more than 100 percent of grid demand for 100 of the last 101 days and for 87 percent of all days in 2026, for an average of 5.4 hours per day. Given the low cost of batteries, solar, and wind relative to the price of electricity, it is abundantly clear that no major barrier remains to eliminating fossil gas for electricity entirely in California, but also ultimately throughout the world. Nameplate capacities of batteries and renewables in California Renewable trend in California Video

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Spencer Pratt Doesn’t Care About Bill Maher’s Solar Panels 🤣 “We're about three years from worrying about solar panels. We need to get all the naked drug addicts off of the sidewalks and then I can worry about solar panels.”

Spencer Pratt Doesn’t Care About Bill Maher’s Solar Panels 🤣 “We're about three years from worrying about solar panels. We need to get all the naked drug addicts off of the sidewalks and then I can worry about solar panels.”

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Electroverse

13,445 views • 6 months ago

The Truth About Electric Cars. Each Individual Charging Station Is Using The Equivalent Power Of 280 Homes Every Hour 🚨 If All Chargers At One Station Are Being Used, The Power Being Used Is Equivalent Is 1,080 Homes Every Hour “I think I'm just doing a quick little video here just to give people an idea of how much energy it takes to charge an electric vehicle. I'm at Electrify America. This is a 350 kilowatt station. I'm consuming roughly 137 kilowatts. It'll fluctuate. Sometimes I can go up to the full 350. But to put this into perspective, an average home consumes 1.25 kilowatts per hour. 135 kilowatts per hour. It's like the equivalent of 106 homes on the grid, just this one station. Now, if I was gonna get the full 350 kilowatts like these can supply, that would be the equivalent of 280 homes. Now think about all six chargers running at full capacity. That's like 1,080 homes on the grid. Just a little food for thought. It's things people don't realize the amount of energy it takes to fast charge these batteries. It's a huge amount of electricity. And now you understand why the electric companies can't even supply that much power to one spot. It's like think of 1600 homes and how much copper and wire that would take to supply that many houses. So yeah, it's pretty cool. Somebody else just pulled in and yeah, there goes another 280 homes on the grid as soon as he plucks in. So just a little food for thought. I do love my electric vehicle. They're awesome. They're quiet, but it's just something that people don't really think about. Show you my dash. They're great cars. I really like them. So you forget about range and all that. I'm just talking about what it takes to fast charge one. It's it's a ridiculous amount of money. Okay. Now I'm at like a hundred. So that's like a hundred homes right there. Hundred and twenty kilowatts because one point two one kilowatts per hour is what a is what a house uses. So yeah. They got to figure something out because to have every car in America on the grid, it's going to be... I don't even know what those numbers would be. Well, just food for thought. And I thought I'd talk about it while I'm sitting here charging, waiting. It's another thing. Got to wait here for 30 minutes. And then sometimes Electrify America. Half of these chargers are broken. Or I think they're throttling them down because of the grid can't even handle it. So I think that's what's happening. I don't know. But like, for instance, this one here wasn't working. So oh yeah, look unavailable. You know, there you go. That's usually the case. So either you're waiting in line for somebody or half of these chargers don't even work. And I don't I'm not complaining. Maybe I sound like it. But it's it's an issue and hopefully they figure this out. And where's the electricity coming from at night? It's not solar. And I don't know. You guys can comment and blow steam, whatever you want. I just wanted to show you what it's like and give you a little concept of the amount of energy used. All right, talk to you later.”

The Truth About Electric Cars. Each Individual Charging Station Is Using The Equivalent Power Of 280 Homes Every Hour 🚨 If All Chargers At One Station Are Being Used, The Power Being Used Is Equivalent Is 1,080 Homes Every Hour “I think I'm just doing a quick little video here just to give people an idea of how much energy it takes to charge an electric vehicle. I'm at Electrify America. This is a 350 kilowatt station. I'm consuming roughly 137 kilowatts. It'll fluctuate. Sometimes I can go up to the full 350. But to put this into perspective, an average home consumes 1.25 kilowatts per hour. 135 kilowatts per hour. It's like the equivalent of 106 homes on the grid, just this one station. Now, if I was gonna get the full 350 kilowatts like these can supply, that would be the equivalent of 280 homes. Now think about all six chargers running at full capacity. That's like 1,080 homes on the grid. Just a little food for thought. It's things people don't realize the amount of energy it takes to fast charge these batteries. It's a huge amount of electricity. And now you understand why the electric companies can't even supply that much power to one spot. It's like think of 1600 homes and how much copper and wire that would take to supply that many houses. So yeah, it's pretty cool. Somebody else just pulled in and yeah, there goes another 280 homes on the grid as soon as he plucks in. So just a little food for thought. I do love my electric vehicle. They're awesome. They're quiet, but it's just something that people don't really think about. Show you my dash. They're great cars. I really like them. So you forget about range and all that. I'm just talking about what it takes to fast charge one. It's it's a ridiculous amount of money. Okay. Now I'm at like a hundred. So that's like a hundred homes right there. Hundred and twenty kilowatts because one point two one kilowatts per hour is what a is what a house uses. So yeah. They got to figure something out because to have every car in America on the grid, it's going to be... I don't even know what those numbers would be. Well, just food for thought. And I thought I'd talk about it while I'm sitting here charging, waiting. It's another thing. Got to wait here for 30 minutes. And then sometimes Electrify America. Half of these chargers are broken. Or I think they're throttling them down because of the grid can't even handle it. So I think that's what's happening. I don't know. But like, for instance, this one here wasn't working. So oh yeah, look unavailable. You know, there you go. That's usually the case. So either you're waiting in line for somebody or half of these chargers don't even work. And I don't I'm not complaining. Maybe I sound like it. But it's it's an issue and hopefully they figure this out. And where's the electricity coming from at night? It's not solar. And I don't know. You guys can comment and blow steam, whatever you want. I just wanted to show you what it's like and give you a little concept of the amount of energy used. All right, talk to you later.”

Wall Street Apes

1,241,000 views • 2 years ago

I just spent an hour responding to the hundreds of people who tried to refute my argument that solar+batteries is an economically catastrophic way to try to provide reliable power. Which is why no company using lots of power, certainly not any of Elon's, actually tries to do it.

I just spent an hour responding to the hundreds of people who tried to refute my argument that solar+batteries is an economically catastrophic way to try to provide reliable power. Which is why no company using lots of power, certainly not any of Elon's, actually tries to do it.

Alex Epstein

209,426 views • 7 months ago

"The slogan for the future Democratic party...'affordable abundance,'" Al Gore tells Tim Miller. "Because solar electricity is the cheapest electricity in the history of the world...We get as much energy from the sun in one hour as the entire global economy uses for an entire year."

"The slogan for the future Democratic party...'affordable abundance,'" Al Gore tells Tim Miller. "Because solar electricity is the cheapest electricity in the history of the world...We get as much energy from the sun in one hour as the entire global economy uses for an entire year."

The Bulwark

36,558 views • 5 months ago

Wind and solar don't work at night or when the wind isn't blowing. Australia is told the solution is batteries! Real world experience shows that batteries are too expensive, too slow to build and don't last long enough to support a grid. During this session with the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), I revisited the status of the eight large-scale battery storage projects funded in 2022, noting that $176 million had been allocated but none had completed construction by February. I was told that while all projects are progressing, some face challenges like grid connection issues. I highlighted the significant cost increase from $2.7 billion to $3.1 billion and questioned the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of these batteries compared to coal-fired power stations. I also raised concerns about the stability and reliability of renewable energy sources like solar and wind, and the additional costs associated with making them grid-compatible. Additionally, I asked ARENA about their responsibilities and the financial transparency of their operations. I emphasised the high cost of electricity in Australia compared to countries like China and criticised the impact of net-zero policies on manufacturing. We need to ditch net-zero. Use the cheap resources we have in Australia's ground for Australians first!

Wind and solar don't work at night or when the wind isn't blowing. Australia is told the solution is batteries! Real world experience shows that batteries are too expensive, too slow to build and don't last long enough to support a grid. During this session with the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), I revisited the status of the eight large-scale battery storage projects funded in 2022, noting that $176 million had been allocated but none had completed construction by February. I was told that while all projects are progressing, some face challenges like grid connection issues. I highlighted the significant cost increase from $2.7 billion to $3.1 billion and questioned the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of these batteries compared to coal-fired power stations. I also raised concerns about the stability and reliability of renewable energy sources like solar and wind, and the additional costs associated with making them grid-compatible. Additionally, I asked ARENA about their responsibilities and the financial transparency of their operations. I emphasised the high cost of electricity in Australia compared to countries like China and criticised the impact of net-zero policies on manufacturing. We need to ditch net-zero. Use the cheap resources we have in Australia's ground for Australians first!

Malcolm Roberts 🇦🇺

21,336 views • 1 year ago