#electricgrids — Public Fediverse posts
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#Solar #waterheaters were cool in 1980s. They could be again.
"[T]oday, hardly anyone is using these #solarwaterheaters even as #photovoltaic panels have popped up on the roofs of nearly 4 million American homes."
Cheap photovoltaics still make economic sense for many homes (unless you're heating a pool). "But the cost of #solarthermal could look like a bargain if we consider increasingly unreliable #electricgrids and the cost to the #climate from burning #fossilfuels."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/solar-water-heaters-were-cool-in-1980s-they-could-be-again/ar-BB1icPWI