Lets do a poll. Best heat source for your house. 4 choices.

[blackpowder]

And that right there Taiga is the heart of most issues today. You handled it with more aplomb than I could. But seems a waste of energy to dispute after all.

[Hamloc]

I am going to give this argument a little reality check.
1 gigajoule of natural gas is equivalent to 277 kwh of electricity.
In November I used 30 gigajoules of natural gas for heat and just under 2000 kwh of electricity.
If I convert the natural gas to electricity equivalent I used 344 kwh per day.
Researching online I found a calculator that told me where I live in Alberta a 1000 watt solar array would produce 1.33 kwh per day in December with the panels south facing and at 60 degrees. Following calculation: 344/1.33 x 1000 = 258646 watts of solar array.
At 320 watts per panel this would require 808 panels. At $1 a watt just for the panels obviously $258646!
Still have to buy racking, level the sight, inverters wiring on and on. Then we have to size the battery array so that I have energy for 24 hours a day.

Integrity Farmer, Chuck2 please explain to me again how practical solar power is and why natural gas is so bad, fml!

[AlbertaFarmer5]

I am going to give this argument a little reality check.
1 gigajoule of natural gas is equivalent to 277 kwh of electricity.
In November I used 30 gigajoules of natural gas for heat and just under 2000 kwh of electricity.
If I convert the natural gas to electricity equivalent I used 344 kwh per day.
Researching online I found a calculator that told me where I live in Alberta a 1000 watt solar array would produce 1.33 kwh per day in December with the panels south facing and at 60 degrees. Following calculation: 344/1.33 x 1000 = 258646 watts of solar array.
At 320 watts per panel this would require 808 panels. At $1 a watt just for the panels obviously $258646!
Still have to buy racking, level the sight, inverters wiring on and on. Then we have to size the battery array so that I have energy for 24 hours a day.

Integrity Farmer, Chuck2 please explain to me again how practical solar power is and why natural gas is so bad, fml!

But chuck said you can just store it in your Tesla or F150 lightning. You would only need 5 Tesla's to get through a day/night. Assuming its never cloudy or overcast, so add another $300,000 to your estimate.

[Hamloc]

But chuck said you can just store it in your Tesla or F150 lightning. You would only need 5 Tesla's to get through a day/night. Assuming its never cloudy or overcast, so add another $300,000 to your estimate.

If I assume that 6 hours of the day I am running off solar and the remaining 18 hrs I am running off storage I would need a minimum of 258 kwh of storage. A Tesla powerwall 2 stores 13.5 kwh of electricity with a 90% yield. So 12 kwh of useable electricity, so I would need 22 powerwall’s. Kuby Energy is the only Canadian price I found, on their website they give a price range of $18000 to $25000 for the powerwall which includes shipping and installation. At $18000 a piece, total price is $396000. 5 Tesla cars would actually be cheaper and in the summer when not as much storage is required you could drive them lol.

I am guessing but if the solar panels alone are over $250000, the finished solar array should come in just under $500000. Add storage ranging in cost between $300-400000 and then of course the cost of putting in electric heating equipment. At present my electricity and natural gas bill for the year is roughly $7500. Solar looks very affordable lol!!

[shtferbrains]

Your calculations and reluctance to make the investment bring up the question "where do they fit in the rest of the world"?

There are maybe 10 countries where home solar is debatable and about 180 that have no dreams of spending any of thier meager personal income investing in renewable energy.
Not sure how they get to net zero but I expect the Progressives have a plan for us to subsidize them too.

Most of the countries that can afford it are out of the prime efficiency geography.

Backdoor socializim.