(21-02-2025, 11:38 AM)harm_less Wrote: Our fusion reactor is working just fine at present. It's beaming onto our radiation collector panels, generating about 8kW ATM with most of that being directed into our EV.
Yeah many forget solar is really fusion power, just extremely inefficient in the scheme of things, we are only collecting the smallest fraction of the suns energy that reaches us on earth.
Yet we still have over 1000W per square meter reach us, and our solar panels can only convert 20% or so of that to electricity, but we can still do alot with it!
All our renewable energy is in fact solar when you think of it, because the sun drives our climate that gives us hydro power and wind.
An EV would place quite a high demand on your solar power im guessing, Im hoping to install 10KW here, but I can probably squeeze a bit more on all sides of the roof, even though they dont get much sun, the panels are so cheap now.
I bought a 500W panel for only around $150 recently, and this was a big name brand from the electrical whoesaler.
cost is no barrier now, but I hope efficiency improves so I can get more watts per square metre on the roofspace available.