"With Elon's starlink and wifi towers popping up everywhere seems folks are becoming connected in ways former generations could of never imagined. "
Well that's true enough, but those things really do not connect people.
Technology has not helped the total REAL connection of society. If fact it has isolated them.
IF all the tech was added on top of the real in-person social connections of people, that would be one thing. But that is not reality. The addition of tech has reduced in-person social contact. And that is a huge negative to humanity. Business loves it because it reduces cost, makes people easier to get rid of, once they are just at the end of a wire, rather than in-person, etc.. People will choose it because it is "less scary" than first time real in-person contact. You know, the classic scene where the teen guy has to muster the bravery to walk up to the girl at the dance, and ask her. OMG, its like jumping on to the beach at Normandy!! But that action develops things in both people, that cannot happen at the ends of the single key stroke telegraph virtual keyboard, on a dumb-phone.
AS for stand alone, off grid solar, not really good at a time when you want to optimize all the possible production from PV or any other energy source. With stand alone, you cannot gen more than what you use. With grid-tie, it ALL GOES somewhere, ALL the time...
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william fitch
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-15-2024 08:00 AM
From: Timothy Mcbride
Subject: Solar Noon Tuesday - Installing a stand alone solar carport/pavilion
You know " Stand Alone " Is kinda becoming a misnomer among this age of Solar Millennials that desire to be connected for gaming, internet, whatever, and also micro-grid advantages. With Elon's starlink and wifi towers popping up everywhere seems folks are becoming connected in ways former generations could of never imagined. Think about it, we throw these phrases about being, Off Grid, and Stand Alone when in fact these concepts scare the hell out of some folks that love being connected. In the future, yes we all might not be connected to the traditional power grids, as coal, gas, hydro, and nuclear implies but nevertheless we are becoming more connected solarize than ever before. Maybe terms like Intermediate Solar, Community Solar, or maybe Empowered Solar just to name a few for thought. Imagine the Sun is way out there in space millions of miles away but never stands alone, or is off grid, for the sunshine is everywhere for everyone here and now upon your face. What would it mean if every single individual upon the planet was hooked up to so called , " Stand Alone Solar " would anyone actually be standing alone upon a single planet that houses us all?
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Timothy Mcbride
CEOOwner
Sol-Era R & D
Original Message:
Sent: 05-14-2024 12:08 PM
From: Jay Warmke
Subject: Solar Noon Tuesday - Installing a stand alone solar carport/pavilion
Each Tuesday at noon (Eastern) solarPVtraining.com hosts a Zoom sessions for students (or anyone, really) interested in solar. Generally discussion focuses on technical questions, problems or troubleshooting - or just what is happening in solar that week.
This week we focus on a recent build using a Sol-Ark 5 kW inverter and HomeGrid Compact Series 5kWh battery with IronRidge racking system on a concrete pad.
Join Zoom Meeting each Tuesday at https://zoom.us/j/91067004366?pwd=b1d...
Meeting ID: 910 6700 4366
Password: 625623
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Jay Warmke
Owner
Blue Rock Station LLC
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