http://pasen.chat/wiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Carlsbad_Current Carlsbad Current - Revision history 2026-05-02T20:19:10Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.39.1 http://pasen.chat/wiki/index.php?title=Carlsbad_Current&diff=20329&oldid=prev Alethea1233 at 13:33, 13 May 2024 2024-05-13T13:33:39Z <p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:33, 13 May 2024</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker">−</td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Simply put, energy efficiency means using less energy to get the same job done - and in the process, cutting energy bills and reducing pollution. Declines in energy intensity are a proxy for efficiency improvements, provided a) energy intensity is represented at an appropriate level of disaggregation to provide meaningful interpretation, and b) other explanatory and behavioral factors are isolated and accounted for.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;51 Plug-in hybrids also have increased battery capacity, which makes it possible to drive for limited distances without burning any gasoline; in this case, [https://atavi.com/share/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wmrjfsz1k0vkr</del> compare energy <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Prices</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">texas</del>] is dictated by whatever process (such as coal-burning, hydroelectric, or renewable source) created the power.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Solar</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">panels</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">convert</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">solar</del> energy <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">into</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">usable</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">electricity</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">through</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">process</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">known</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">photovoltaic</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">effect</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Incoming</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">sunlight</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">strikes</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">semiconductor</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">material</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(typically</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">silicon)</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">solar</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cells</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">knocks</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">electrons</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">loose</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">setting</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">them</del> in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">motion</del> and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">generating</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">an</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">electric</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">current</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can be</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">captured</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">with</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wiring</del>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">You</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">compare</del> energy <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">prices</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">by</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">providing</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; 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white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Simply put, energy efficiency means using less energy to get the same job done - and in the process, cutting energy bills and reducing pollution. Declines in energy intensity are a proxy for efficiency improvements, provided a) energy intensity is represented at an appropriate level of disaggregation to provide meaningful interpretation, and b) other explanatory and behavioral factors are isolated and accounted for.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;51 Plug-in hybrids also have increased battery capacity, which makes it possible to drive for limited distances without burning any gasoline; in this case, [https://atavi.com/share/<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wmrkufz1rs7ao</ins> compare energy <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">plans</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">australia</ins>] is dictated by whatever process (such as coal-burning, hydroelectric, or renewable source) created the power.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">essence,</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; 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text-decoration: none;">can</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">recover,</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">which</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">would</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mean</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">consumers</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">end</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">up</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">paying</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cost</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">or</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the energy price cap remains</ins> in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">place</ins> and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">suppliers</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cannot</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">survive</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">competition</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">go</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">bust</ins>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Similarly,</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">investing</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in</ins> energy <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">efficiency</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">almost</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">always</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cheaper</ins> and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cleaner</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">utilities</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">than</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">new</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">generation</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">resources—or</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">even</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fuel</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">costs</ins> of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">existing</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">generation—but</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">such</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">investments</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">lead</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">reduced</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">earnings</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">potential</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">under</ins> the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">traditional</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">utility</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">business</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">model</ins>.</div></td> </tr> </table> Alethea1233 http://pasen.chat/wiki/index.php?title=Carlsbad_Current&diff=19772&oldid=prev EmiliaHuerta068 at 07:39, 13 May 2024 2024-05-13T07:39:54Z <p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 07:39, 13 May 2024</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker">−</td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">From</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy-saving refrigerators</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">low-consumption</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">automobiles,</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">intelligent</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">building</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">management systems</del> to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">resource-saving</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">production</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">processes</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">industry,</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">efficiency</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">versatile</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">topic</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is -</del> and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">will</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">remain</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">- of great importance</del> in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">all areas of our everyday lives. 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text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">function</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">low</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">temperature</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">heat</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">source</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">heat</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">produced</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is used to feed</del> the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">heat pump's evaporator</del>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Solar panels convert solar energy into usable electricity through a process known as the photovoltaic effect Incoming sunlight strikes a semiconductor material (typically silicon) in solar cells and knocks electrons loose, setting them in motion and generating an electric current that can be captured with wiring.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<del style="font-weight: bold; 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text-decoration: none;">usage</ins>.</div></td> </tr> </table> EmiliaHuerta068 http://pasen.chat/wiki/index.php?title=Carlsbad_Current&diff=19759&oldid=prev BrentMundy0191 at 07:10, 13 May 2024 2024-05-13T07:10:31Z <p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 07:10, 13 May 2024</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker">−</td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>From energy-saving refrigerators, low-consumption automobiles, and intelligent building management systems to resource-saving production processes in industry, energy efficiency is a versatile topic that is - and will remain - of great importance in all areas of our everyday lives. Solar technologies are characterized as either passive or active depending on the way they capture, convert and distribute sunlight and enable solar energy to be harnessed at different levels around the world, mostly depending on the distance from the equator.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">51</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Plug-in</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hybrids</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">also</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">have</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">increased</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">battery</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">capacity,</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">which</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">makes</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">it</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">possible</del> to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">drive</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">limited</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">distances</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">without</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">burning</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">any</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">gasoline;</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in this case,</del> [https://<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">atavi</del>.com/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">share/wmrl17zp3qx1</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">compare</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">electricity</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">plans</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">nsw</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">government]</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">dictated</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">by</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">whatever</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">process</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(such</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">coal-burning,</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hydroelectric,</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">or</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">renewable</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">source)</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">created</del> the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">power</del>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Solar panels convert solar energy into usable electricity through a process known as the photovoltaic effect Incoming sunlight strikes a semiconductor material (typically silicon) in solar cells and knocks electrons loose, setting them in motion and generating an electric current that can be captured with wiring.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Similarly, investing in energy efficiency is almost always cheaper and cleaner for utilities than new generation resources—or even the fuel costs of existing generation—but such investments lead to reduced earnings potential under the traditional utility business model.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker">+</td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>From energy-saving refrigerators, low-consumption automobiles, and intelligent building management systems to resource-saving production processes in industry, energy efficiency is a versatile topic that is - and will remain - of great importance in all areas of our everyday lives. 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text-decoration: none;">heat pump's evaporator</ins>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Solar panels convert solar energy into usable electricity through a process known as the photovoltaic effect Incoming sunlight strikes a semiconductor material (typically silicon) in solar cells and knocks electrons loose, setting them in motion and generating an electric current that can be captured with wiring.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Similarly, investing in energy efficiency is almost always cheaper and cleaner for utilities than new generation resources—or even the fuel costs of existing generation—but such investments lead to reduced earnings potential under the traditional utility business model.</div></td> </tr> </table> BrentMundy0191 http://pasen.chat/wiki/index.php?title=Carlsbad_Current&diff=19620&oldid=prev YFARamon42723 at 04:05, 13 May 2024 2024-05-13T04:05:37Z <p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; 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text-decoration: none;">temporarily</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">suspended</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">so</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">suppliers</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">recover,</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">which</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">would</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mean</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">consumers</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">end</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">up</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">paying</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cost</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">or</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">price</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cap</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">remains</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">place and energy</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">suppliers</del> that <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cannot</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">survive the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">competition</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">go</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">bust</del>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Similarly, investing in energy efficiency is almost always cheaper and cleaner for utilities than new generation resources—or even the fuel costs of existing generation—but such investments lead to reduced earnings potential under the traditional utility business model.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker">+</td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">From</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy-saving refrigerators</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">low-consumption</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">automobiles,</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">intelligent</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">building</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">management systems</ins> to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">resource-saving</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">production</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">processes</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">industry,</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">efficiency</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">versatile</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">topic</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is -</ins> and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">will</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">remain</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">- of great importance</ins> in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">all areas of our everyday lives. 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text-decoration: none;">distribute</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">sunlight</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and enable solar energy</ins> to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">be</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">harnessed</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">at</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">different</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">levels</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">around</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">world,</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mostly</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">depending</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">on</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">distance</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">from</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the equator</ins>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">51</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Plug-in</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hybrids</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">also</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">have</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">increased</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">battery</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">capacity,</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">which</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">makes</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">it</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">possible</ins> to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">drive</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">limited</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">distances</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">without</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">burning</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">any</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">gasoline;</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in this case,</ins> [https://<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">atavi</ins>.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">com</ins>/<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">share</ins>/<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wmrl17zp3qx1</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">compare</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">electricity</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">plans</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">nsw government</ins>] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">dictated</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">by</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">whatever</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">process</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(such</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">coal-burning,</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hydroelectric,</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">or renewable</ins> source<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">)</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">created</ins> the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">power</ins>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Solar</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">panels</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">convert</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">solar</ins> energy <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">into</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">usable</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">electricity</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">through</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">process</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">known</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">photovoltaic</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">effect</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Incoming</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">sunlight</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">strikes</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">semiconductor</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">material</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(typically</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">silicon)</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">solar</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cells</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">knocks</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">electrons</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">loose</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">setting</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">them</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">motion</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">generating</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">an</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">electric</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">current</ins> that <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">be</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">captured</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">with</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wiring</ins>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Similarly, investing in energy efficiency is almost always cheaper and cleaner for utilities than new generation resources—or even the fuel costs of existing generation—but such investments lead to reduced earnings potential under the traditional utility business model.</div></td> </tr> </table> YFARamon42723 http://pasen.chat/wiki/index.php?title=Carlsbad_Current&diff=19601&oldid=prev AubreyWorrell62 at 03:44, 13 May 2024 2024-05-13T03:44:31Z <p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 03:44, 13 May 2024</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker">−</td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Simply put, energy efficiency means using less energy to get the same job done - and in the process, cutting energy bills and reducing pollution. Declines in energy intensity are a proxy for efficiency improvements, provided a) energy intensity is represented at an appropriate level of disaggregation to provide meaningful interpretation, and b) other explanatory and behavioral factors are isolated and accounted for.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">51</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Plug-in</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hybrids</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">also</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">have</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">increased</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">battery</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">capacity,</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">which</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">makes</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">it</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">possible</del> to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">drive</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">limited</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">distances</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">without</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">burning</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">any</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">gasoline;</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in this case,</del> [https://<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">atavi</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">com</del>/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">share</del>/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wmrddkz178a19 solar</del> energy <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">definition</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">advantages and</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">disadvantages</del>] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">dictated</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">by</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">whatever</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">process</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(such</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">coal-burning,</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hydroelectric,</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">or renewable</del> source<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">)</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">created</del> the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">power</del>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Solar</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">panels</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">convert</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">solar</del> energy <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">into</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">usable</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">electricity</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">through</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">process</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">known</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">photovoltaic</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">effect</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Incoming</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">sunlight</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">strikes</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">semiconductor</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">material</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(typically</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">silicon)</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">solar</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cells</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">knocks</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">electrons</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">loose</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">setting</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">them</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">motion</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">generating</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">an</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">electric</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">current</del> that <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">be</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">captured</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">with</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wiring</del>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">You</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">compare</del> energy <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">prices</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">by</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">providing</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">your</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">postcode</del> and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">usage</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">details</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(starting</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">with</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">postcode</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">entry</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">box at</del> the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">top</del> of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">this</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">page)</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">so</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">we</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">show</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">you</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">deals</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">available in your area along with</del> the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">estimated savings based on</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">your</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">current</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">usage</del>.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker">+</td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Simply put, energy efficiency means using less energy to get the same job done - and in the process, cutting energy bills and reducing pollution. 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