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It's not summer yet. There was one day last week that called for the A/C. And with PG&E rates damn near doubling, I just don't know how retirees and others are going to deal with the abundance of heat, available power and double drain on the wallet.

Regardless of the source, people are going to roast, and some will die because of unaffordable cooling.

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Solar output scales with sunlight hours

I was thinking of a solar panel direct to heat pump arrangement. (via inverter) More sun, more power to cool.

Yet, the big argument for batteries is that the peak load (so they say) is from 4 pm to 7 (or more) pm, when the sun is lower, and cosines do you in. Anyway, that's when variable rates go up.

Maybe they should move to a climate that is suitable to their needs? Moving somewhere unbearably hot and then relying on technology to make it palatable is not sustainable.

Will you say the same to the old people who move and then subsequently can’t shovel snow in the winter?

In a condo the shoveling is taken care for you. Singe family dwellings are inefficient. That’s a relic from days surplus carbon capacity.

Yeah, elderly people, who are struggling to pay their bills as is, should spend $10k to pay people to pack up their stuff, break their lease, and move to a state with a better climate than, checks notes, California.

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