Two years of Solar and what have we learned?

We've had our roof top solar panels for a couple years now. It's been a bit of a bumpy ride as first our monitoring system wasn't set up right then one of our panels failed (very rare). EVEN SO our power generation is quite consistent year over year, which was quite surprising, and there are ways to optimize the value of panels.

Alberta has a LOT of sunshine hours, even during the winter, so our 5.2 kWh annual use is net zeroed with 4.8kWh of panels. The power is contracted to a public company (aka listed on stock market). Our generation agreement is with ATCO Electric and any well run company would be happy to offload the cost of infrastructure installation and purchase energy production. So how do we benefit?

Pandemic 1 year on

March 14th was my last in person exercise class. I regretted attending a spin class and by Monday all other leisure activities were shut down. So it's been a year since I last attending an indoor class. That and wearing a mask inside public spaces is where my personal line for pandemic activities was drawn and that's well within the scope of local restrictions.

Crime Shows

Last night I watched John Oliver, the main topic was Tucker Carson. Then I watched Coroner, a CBC production with a diverse cast that is integral to the show. It occurred to me the plot of Coroner is why Carlson questions the value of diversity.