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Windsun wrote:

... Basically, 100% uptime will cost you a lot more than 99% uptime.

If cloudy days were coinflips,

But they are not, so the rest of your supposition is false. Anyone that
watches the 6:00 o'clock local news and weather can tell that when you have
one cloudy day, the chances of the next day also being cloudy are higher.
Similarly, when one day is sunny, the probability of the next day also being
sunny are higher than 50/50.

(and yes, I have evidence for that 'article of faith'. Look on NOAA's web
site for any given weather reporting station and do the stats on cloudy days
for a year or two)

storing enough energy for 1 day would
make 50% uptime possible, 2 would make 75%, with 3 for 88%, 4 for 94%,
5 for 97%, 6 for 98%, and 7 for 99%... 100% would be impossible.


daestrom