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This should not even be a discussion! Comments from CA Cosonauts in the know welcome!
https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2022-12-08/one-week-until-california-decides-the-fate-of-rooftop-solar-boiling-point
@wyrmeboi The story mentioned using lithium ion batteries. Are people using lithium ion or lithium iron, and if the former why?
@Coctaanatis Lithium Iron isn't a thing. Typo. There are new higher density battery technologies (Aluminium-Sulfur, for example) on the mid-term horizon, but for now it Li--ion.
@Coctaanatis Huh! Who knew?! I am still stoked about the potential for aluminum-based batteries.
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<https://news.mit.edu/2022/aluminum-sulfur-battery-0824>
@wyrmeboi They've made a lot of advances with aluminium air batteries, but (unless things have drastically changed) they're not rechargeable.
The advantages of lithium iron phosphate are safety, long-life and absence of cobolt. The additional weight is a problem in a car, but not so much for other applications.
@wyrmeboi Sorry, I wasn't aware of the work on aluminum-sulfur batteries. Sounds promising, hope it works out.
@wyrmeboi I don’t understand…we’ll I do and it’s infuriating that power companies have so much control…why we don’t required solar panels on all nearly new construction in CA. It should be across the board required most places but in CA it’s a no brainer.
As I understand it, the new rules being considered are intended to incentivize an uptake in storage along with solar. That is what I have, but it's expensive, and many folks who would have made the plunge into solar will not do so under these new regs.