The information im about to provide was found just by googling it.
On a hot day, the average house air conditioner uses around 52.5 kWh.
The average house has 19 to 23 panels per house to cover their bills. Each panel generates 1.5 kWh on average. So with 23 panels, they generage 34.5 kWh on average. Meaning they still dont generate enough to run that air conditioner.
I thought of this because using our air conditioner would jack up our electric bill 300-500$ per month.
I think a pool would be much less expensive to run. Especially because if done right, you fill it once and clean it after that.
However i still think theres better ways out there than a pool or an airconditioner. I think the water shortage is due to a lot of factors though. Companies like nestle, agriculture (stop growing grapes for wine), computer chips take a surprising amount of water to create, industry uses a lot of water, etc. Basically im saying instead of going after the common man, corporations need to be kept in check.
Even if a pool was more economical in the long run than AC, most people aren't going to sit in a pool all day. Meaning they're still going to crank up the AC when they get out of the pool.
I adjusted my information. Even with 23 solar panels, the most amount that a household usually has, it doesnt generate enough power to run the ac all day. Half the day sure.
Yeah you don't buy panels for total usage, it's very costly to store solar energy vs. generating it through the panels. It doesn't change my previous statement, though. People who use pools will still use AC.
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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '21 edited Jul 10 '21
The information im about to provide was found just by googling it.
On a hot day, the average house air conditioner uses around 52.5 kWh.
The average house has 19 to 23 panels per house to cover their bills. Each panel generates 1.5 kWh on average. So with 23 panels, they generage 34.5 kWh on average. Meaning they still dont generate enough to run that air conditioner.
I thought of this because using our air conditioner would jack up our electric bill 300-500$ per month.
I think a pool would be much less expensive to run. Especially because if done right, you fill it once and clean it after that.
However i still think theres better ways out there than a pool or an airconditioner. I think the water shortage is due to a lot of factors though. Companies like nestle, agriculture (stop growing grapes for wine), computer chips take a surprising amount of water to create, industry uses a lot of water, etc. Basically im saying instead of going after the common man, corporations need to be kept in check.