thatKamGuy

40-50kWh given the current incentives (which are changing in May) only costs only a few hundred dollars more than ~15kWh, and provides owners with more flexibility in terms of EV charging (especially if the car is used for daily commuting and would not be able to directly take advantage of solar), and discharging back into the network at optimal times to recoup the system cost that much faster.

But otherwise, I do agree with you - our peak usage is less than 16kWh/day (2 WFH adults, 2 grandparents and 1 child); while our solar exports usually triple that amount in summer and we usually net-0 in winter (ie. the amount we export matches what we buy in over those ~3 months).

We don’t have a battery installed yet - but we are very seriously considering it, hence I have the figures available off the top of my head.

Your pricing information is a bit out of date; with current Government incentives a 10kW array and 50KWh batteries can be gotten for less than $10K.

True, general feed-in rates have tanked due to a glut in solar panels, but certainly providers do still offer generous rates for shoulder periods (around dawn and dusk) where you could potentially discharge part of your battery into the network (I think?).

But the real savings from having the batteries will eliminate your need to use power during evening peak times, eliminating the need for buying petrol if/when switching to an EV and having the ability to buffer energy from a rare sunny day in winter into free energy for the next 2-3 overcast days.

Depending on how aggressively you monitor and take advantage of market offers, and electrify your home - the pay-down period can be as low as a few years.

Those lucky enough to own their own homes (or more realistically, have a mortgage) at least have access to solar panels and as of recently, batteries.

Those two combined have the ability to drastically reduce one’s utility bills to near-0.

For everyone else stuck paying rent, short of having a decent landlord willing to invest in their property, is shit out of luck.

We are living in two drastically different Australia’s.

Feeling like you’re sitting through a movie is half the reason to play a Kojima game! 🤣

A lot of the Low-Fat marketed products were loaded with sugar, which no doubt played a part in the global obesity levels skyrocketing.

At least when things are crammed with protein, it usually ends up with fewer grams of sugar overall?

Bring on the jacked generation Beta, I’m all here for it.

~~Heaven's waiting room~~

Hell’s pre-warming oven

Came to reply this exact same thing; this looks some alternative dimension shit where Jimmy chose abusing children instead of tax evasion as his crime of choice…

On the upside, homelabs are going to have a glut of high capacity, barely used server hard drives to choose from then this AI/data centre bubble eventually bursts?

So nearly half the population (assuming do duplicates)? Fuck me dead.

Any idea how long until Have I Been Pwned is updated?

I’m not sure what I’m more surprised by; the fact that there really is a Wikipedia list for everything, or that there are over 100 titles that support that thing!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_that_support_Wii_Balance_Board

Mormons don’t drink, I believe?

I wonder how much that impacts the overall figures.