Say It Louder So Greta Can Hear!!

[Racer88]

Good grief. How many tons is your AC?

Living a normal day, using all the appliances and lighting and two heat pumps, my running load is 18,330 and the surge/starting watts is 26,000... which is a not gonna happen sort of thing. I cant imagine turning on every electrical device, light and appliance at the same time during a storm or other outage. My AC is 3 tons. A 3 BR home. All electric. No gas appliances.

The one thing a lot of people don't figure in is the sump pump. 900-1000 watts. And if it's raining it may be running constantly.

Speaking of pumps. We're on well water, too.

 

[Bongo Lewi]

Speaking of pumps. We're on well water, too.

Yep. Me too. 1 HP motor. Intermittent operation. That's why I separated that system from the pool, etc. Three 200 watt panels keep the battery charged. I had to experiment with different sized pressure tanks to get the system working the way I wanted.

 

[clm2112]

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American public perception IS the problem and if public perception is what is keeping society from truly going forward with prosperity, then THAT is what real LEADERSHIP needs to be working on, not perpetuating the Fallacy of Misleading Vividness of "The Squad" and all the other imbecile "politicians" that know jack shit about science or economics. . . OR truth!

That's what I've been trying to say. I'm not against nuclear power, I think Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace initiative was a very good idea.

I'm just being realistic about it. It isn't just an American perception problem, the entire globe has developed a severe phobia to nuclear power, aside from a few countries that are hell bent on developing a weapons capability out of it.

We are fortunate to be a founding member of the nuclear club, and we are also rather fortunate to have a lot of fossil fuels as well. So we have options we can exercise until the public gets over the fear of splitting atoms.