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Comment by bryanlarsen

2 days ago

Power used to drive the wheels of cars & trucks, energy used to heat houses.

I'm not sure this makes sense? If you have a solar system setup at home, with a battery, electric heating and also ev charger, then it's all the same thing. Or am I misunderstanding something?

  • Electricity is a type of energy, but all energy isn't electricity. The total amount of energy is electricity + non-electricity energy, and solar doesn't yet equal to greater than 50% of that total.

  • No, this is an important distinction as different energy sources can be used to do the same thing.

    For example, you can run a boiler to do electricity and/or district heating. Very common in Sweden for example.