Solar power

[Xist]

Yes: "I didn't do it!"
"But--"
"I didn't do it!"
"Yes, but--"
"I didn't do it!"

[freebeard]

Kids plural right? You pit one against the other.

With any luck you can make your sister's life agony.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by freebeard

Tesla's HVAC system will produce a gallon or two of distilled water a day from the air.

Isn't any HVAC system supposed to do so? On a sidenote, it does surprise me water recovered from the HVAC is not so widely used in my country.

[freebeard]

Yes, but it's typically considered waste, instead of being a resource.

[Piotrsko]

And it is possibly contaminated from assorted yeasts molds bacteria and dusts gathered from the environment

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by Piotrsko

And it is possibly contaminated from assorted yeasts molds bacteria and dusts gathered from the environment

Sure, but it could be either filtered or boiled to kill contaminants and enable human consumption, or serve for other purposes such as watering garden plants.

[JSH]

Originally Posted by JSH

I just signed up for something called community solar. The company I work for has committed to using 100% renewable power and as part of that effort installed a 2.5 MW solar array. That is bigger than what they need so they are allowing 300 employees to use the excess 3251 KW of panels. So starting next month I will be paying a reduced solar electric rate. The more "my" part of the solar array produces the less I pay on my bill.

All of this is managed by the local utility (PGE) so nothing special to do except sign up and look for the credit on my bill.

A follow-up:

The solar generation credits for July showed up on my August power bill. In July "my" fraction of the solar farm produced 639 kWh of electricity earning me a $4.90 credit. In July my house consumed 280 kWh of electric at a cost of $46.52 so that works out to a 10.5% discount on my electric bill for doing nothing besides signing up for the program.

I know we have some members near Portland Oregon. If you get your power from PGE (Portland General Electric) you can sign up here: https://neighborhoodpower.com/

[aerohead]

Originally Posted by Piotrsko

And it is possibly contaminated from assorted yeasts molds bacteria and dusts gathered from the environment

I made bread with a friend. No yeast. We just set a bowl of water out, exposed overnight, to whatever was in the ambient air and added the flour.
Turned out, the air was full of 'flora.'

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

No wonder Jewish tradition claims just adding water to flour and leaving it unattended for a while, even if no yeast is added, results in fermentation. That's why matzo bread is baked so quickly after flour is mixed with water.

[redpoint5]

Originally Posted by aerohead

I made bread with a friend. No yeast. We just set a bowl of water out, exposed overnight, to whatever was in the ambient air and added the flour.
Turned out, the air was full of 'flora.'

Is that how sourdough is made?