Originally posted by kmax87Should have known better than to ask a straight question and hope for a straight answer. I'm still trying to decipher "4kwh of electricity per hour" .
.The thing is most houses only require a fraction of that output. Between 7000-8000 kWh per house approx. While the sun if perfectly captured releases about 1 kwh/m^2, the panel(s) need to make 20kwh of electricity during sunlight hours which given 5 hrs sunlight per day means about 20/5 = 4 kwh of electricity per hour. That would mean 4 m^2 of panneling is r ...[text shortened]... ty. You know it makes sense!
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1450000000/10=145000000 m2 panels
Let the market sort it out, when solar panels become a viable economic alternative, you could make a law against them and people would still install them. Just get the guvamint out of it.
Design and build is what I do kmax, my employer gives me time, money resources and a problem then says "See what you can come up with."
Originally posted by Wajoma…I'm still trying to decipher "4kwh of electricity per hour"
Should have known better than to ask a straight question and hope for a straight answer. I'm still trying to decipher "4kwh of electricity per hour" .
1450000000/10=145000000 m2 panels
Let the market sort it out, when solar panels become a viable economic alternative, you could make a law against them and people would still install them. Just get the g ...[text shortened]... yer gives me time, money resources and a problem then says "See what you can come up with."
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One kWh (kilowatt hour) is equal to exactly 3600 KJ (kilojoules) of electric energy.
And this means that 4kwh of electricity per hour works out to be 14.4MJ (megajoules) of electric energy used per hour which works out as exactly 4kJ per second which is simply 4kW (kilowatts) -hope that helps.
Originally posted by WajomaI partly agree, there is nothing wrong with government funding research to improve solar panels though.
Should have known better than to ask a straight question and hope for a straight answer. I'm still trying to decipher "4kwh of electricity per hour" .
1450000000/10=145000000 m2 panels
Let the market sort it out, when solar panels become a viable economic alternative, you could make a law against them and people would still install them. Just get the g ...[text shortened]... yer gives me time, money resources and a problem then says "See what you can come up with."
Originally posted by KazetNagorraIt stifles private enterprise in two ways.
I partly agree, there is nothing wrong with government funding research to improve solar panels though.
First, the obvious, taxation eats into R&D resources.
Next, companies who wish to develop solar panels are forced to fund their own competition, they're better off going into the erectile dysfunction pills business. It may be a competitive business but at least the competition is a bit more even.
Originally posted by Andrew Hamilton"4kwh per hour" is actually a measurement of rate of change, like acceleration.
[b]…I'm still trying to decipher "4kwh of electricity per hour"
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One kWh (kilowatt hour) is equal to exactly 3600 KJ (kilojoules) of electric energy.
And this means that 4kwh of electricity per hour works out to be 14.4MJ (megajoules) of electric energy used per hour which works out as exactly 4kJ per second which is simply 4kW (kilowatts) -hope that helps.[/b]
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Originally posted by WajomaTo be more precise in this context, it is a measurement of the RATE at which electric energy is being used up. -and richjohnson's last three assertions are correct.
"4kwh per hour" is actually a measurement of rate of change, like acceleration.
Originally posted by WajomaLook at the list of Nobel Prize winners in physics. Look at the percentage of them working at (partly) state-funded universities. Draw your own conclusions. There is nothing wrong with corporate R&D but it doesn't have a very long horizon.
It stifles private enterprise in two ways.
First, the obvious, taxation eats into R&D resources.
Next, companies who wish to develop solar panels are forced to fund their own competition, they're better off going into the erectile dysfunction pills business. It may be a competitive business but at least the competition is a bit more even.