On 09/02/2017 11:22, T i m wrote:


PV is like saying it's 'cheaper' to bury our waste in the ground ...
till we run out of holes in the ground to tip it of course.

Its more like saying you get your water from rainfall (free like solar)
but intermittent, without any storage. You can use it while it rains but
have to use the mains when its not.

Having a battery, powerwall, makes it like having a small tank that will
collect a few gallons of rain so you can still have rain water for a few
hours after the rain stops.


PV (especially here in the UK as you say) is as much a 'solution' to
our reliable energy needs as 'away' is to throwing things away.

You can nearly visualise the UK running on PV as you can watching a
light powered being by someone on a dynamo generator bike. Light,
light, light oh dear, dark. ;-)

Cheers, T i m

p.s. My solution to much of this and especially in regard to the FIT
theft.

Anyone on taking our money via the FIT should be taken off grid (or
they can't claim it). They would then be forced to supply their own
storage solutions to store their own surplus to use when the sun
wasn't shining. They would be given a slot meter where they could buy
electricity off *our* grid at £1/unit.

Or

They stay on grid and ONLY get paid for what they export (at the std
commercial production rate). None of this should ever been seen / used
as just a cash-cow (harry). ;-)

Why not a cash cow?
Its the greens like harry that keep claiming its actually saving the
planet that are liars, people that just take advantage of the rules are
just normal people.
I bet you take advantage of any tax breaks you can find rather than pay
more.