Solar
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Solar electricity will become by far the biggest source of power for civilization
Jesse Peltan@JessePeltan
China is the majority of electricity growth on Earth. 3/4 of new supply is solar. That's the case globally, in China, in the U.S. — basically everywhere.
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Hi @jason, @solar here! Appreciate the shoutout. But as you know, the House just voted to eliminate the 30% tax credit for solar and batteries! We’re already losing the EV game to China—solar and storage are next. One by one, we’re ceding leadership in key strategic industries.
AI will be next, simply because we won’t have enough electricity to power the data centers. Solar is the fastest form of electricity to deploy, and we’re cutting it off at the knees.
Your bestie @DavidSacks should at least advocate for a phasedown of the ITC to buy time until nuclear plants come online.
@jason@Jason
Economist: The solar+battery model is working. California gets 75% of its power from solar midday. Batteries now kick in for 30% at night. Battery capacity jumped 32x since 2018.
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Iran’s nuclear program has cost the country ~$1T, according to its former foreign minister @JZarif.
To put that in perspective:
•That’s enough to finance a 750 GW solar farm—about a third of the world’s installed capacity—which would generate over 40% of Iran’s total energy needs.
•Even more striking: $1T could build 500 fully integrated solar factories, each producing 10 GW of panels per year from raw silicon to finished modules.
That’s 5 TW of solar output per year—enough to cover all of Iran’s current energy consumption in just 5 months.
As of 2023, Iran’s sole operational nuclear power facility, the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, generated ~ 6.6 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity. This output constituted less than 1% of the country’s total energy consumption.
Let that sink in.
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The House just voted to eliminate the 30% tax credit for solar! 😖 solar.com/learn/trump-an…
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Wow! If that’s your average bill, it’s one of the largest we’ve seen here at Solar.com. While you can’t control the rates, you can definitely reduce your costs by going solar. I ran the numbers for you:
To cover 100% of your annual energy use, you’ll need a 25 kW solar system, which is about 60 panels. It’s also crucial to consider adding a couple of battery backups to your setup to optimize savings and have power during blackouts.
Hopefully, you have enough roof space or at least a big yard for a ground-mounted system! 😎
If you prefer not to put any money down, the cost would be around $600/month. In 20 years, your system will be fully paid off, and you’ll enjoy free electricity!
You can get competitive quotes from local installers on our marketplace: Solar.com
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It’s like they’re trying to make it impossible to live in CA unless you make over $200,000k a year.
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Our electric bill this month was $1400.
We NEVER have it below 78.
This is insanity.
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Supervised full self-driving now $99/month
Tesla@Tesla
You can now subscribe to FSD (Supervised) for $99/month in the US ts.la/app Upgrades > Software Upgrades > Subscribe
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Is this graph accurately capturing the pricing trend in the residential solar market? Here is a deep dive into the actual trend:
solar.com/learn/whats-a-…
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🚨Unwanted Spotlight: These celebs aren't celebrating their spot in this unique top 10 list!
#10: @kevin_costner09
#9: @JeffBezos
#8: @Oprah
#7: @Beyonce
#6: @BillGates
#5: @theweeknd
#4: @taylorswift13
#3: @TigerWoods
#2: @FloydMayweather
#1: #DarylKatz
Find out why they're not smiling about this ranking:
solar.com/learn/which-ce…
#celebritynews #CarbonFootprint #solarenergy
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Ring of fire! 🔥 We thought this phenomenon was the best time to launch this account. By the time this happens again, this account will be 23 years old 🤯 Would love to see all of your photos. Tag us for a retweet. #RingofFire #Eclipse
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