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Caribbeans

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2. Solar + Hydrogen True energy independence

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sat Apr 16, 2022, 07:19 PM

Apr 2022

Scientific American June 19, 2008

Inside the Solar-Hydrogen House: No More Power Bills--Ever

A New Jersey resident generates and stores all the power he needs with solar panels and hydrogen

EAST AMWELL, N.J.—Mike Strizki has not paid an electric, oil or gas bill—nor has he spent a nickel to fill up his Mercury Sable—in nearly two years. Instead, the 51-year-old civil engineer makes all the fuel he needs using a system he built in the capacious garage of his home, which employs photovoltaic (PV) panels to turn sunlight into electricity that is harnessed in turn to extract hydrogen from tap water...
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hydrogen-house/

The price of every piece of equipment described in the above SA article has plummeted due to mass production and soon all this will be affordable

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The costs and benefits of solar energy [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2022 OP

These "reporters" failed to disclose that when the sun is not shining or it's nighttime, people with in2herbs Apr 2022 #1

Solar + Hydrogen True energy independence Caribbeans Apr 2022 #2

Sometimes people end up in exactly the right job. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2022 #3