Comment on The Amount of Electricity Generated From Solar Is Suddenly Unbelievable
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoMy parents have solar panels, A/C, and a heat pump pool heater and their electric bill is practically nothing in the summer.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
This sounds like a level of rich I was previously unaware of. Pool heater?
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
It’s not uncommon in the Northeast. It lets you get more use of the pool earlier and later in the season. You can start swimming in mid May and go right through to the end of September.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
I live in the UK and have been swimming in the sea since April, main limitation I find is if it’s a warm day or not as getting out to cold wind is pretty miserable. Water temperature is just a suggestion - double digits is optional. Though yeah 8°c usually means it will be a short swim.
Currently the water is 19c in the sea where I live, never seen it this warm, so I guess thanks global warming?
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
It’s about a six hour drive to get to the ocean from here, and we only have rivers full of agricultural runoff or ice-cold mountains streams to swim in.