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fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Everyone saying how little energy a solar panel will produce in optimum conditions.

I don’t think anyone has mentioned how difficult it would be to get optimum conditions for any significant portion of the day.

If you think about the places you park, how many of them have uninterrupted line of sight to the entire arc of the sun? Right now my car is parked on the street but it’s in the shadow of a building.

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Schlecknits@feddit.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Even if you have the option to park directly in the sun, would you?

Being in a car that has been heating up for several hours of direct sun exposure is grueling. Switching on the AC to cool down to acceptable temperatures will probably drain more battery then was gained by the solar panel.

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- fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Another really good point.
  
  … a different way of looking at it is that it’s just way more practical to put solar panels in other places, like on the rooves of buildings.
  
  Additionally, there seems to be an assumption amongst middle class suburbanites that everyone should just have roof top solar. Of course, the vast majority of humans to not have any roof space, because they live in an apartment.
  
  I would also point out that my spell checker seems to think that the plural of roof is spelt “roofs” but I’m sure it ought to be “rooves” in the same way the plural of hoof as in part of a horse is hooves.
  
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  - Successful_Try543@feddit.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    I would also point out that my spell checker seems to think that the plural of roof is spelt “roofs” but I’m sure it ought to be “rooves” in the same way the plural of hoof as in part of a horse is hooves.
    
    According to Wiktionary, both seem to be correct, but ‘roofs’ is the common variant.
    
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- corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  Being in a car that has been heating up for several hours of direct sun exposure is grueling.
  
  Ahh, beach days with mum. I remember the warm sand, cool late water, and the layers of flesh burned off my young legs when we got into the car. Those days, we got our exercise writhing in place to avoid the worst of the burns until the car got moving enough to cool the seats down. Thankfully seat belts were optional, then.
  
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  - Zoot@reddthat.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Yall didn’t just put a towel on the seats?
    
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    BradleyUffner@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Bring a wet towel inside the car? Are you mad?!
    
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