rev.hodl on Nostr: Charging Chevy Volt electric vehicle with off grid solar power, for even better value ...
Charging Chevy Volt electric vehicle with off grid solar power, for even better value than Bitcoin mining.
Another sunny day and some warmer temperatures too, which means the roads were clear. The Chevy Volt is a plug in electric vehicle with a gas generator, in very cold weather or when the roads are bad the Subaru Outback is the vehicle of choice, but today the weather was good to take the Volt out for some errands.
Thanks to Bitcoin meetups, the Volt was acquired p2p for Bitcoin and today was the first day conditions were good to charge it back up with solar power. While the value of mining Bitcoin with solar is good, using solar power to charge a vehicle is even better!
Hour for hour, solar charging the volt is about 3x more valuable than solar mining Bitcoin when comparing the fuel savings to driving the Subaru Outback. In the summer, with warmer weather, this ratio will get even better (assuming the bitcoin price doesn't 3x by then) because the battery gets more efficient when it's warm. (I also have some very cool plans this summer related to Bitcoin mining and this vehicle too...)
Oh, and I'm also still mining Bitcoin with the solar power today too, because I can only charge Volt at 12amps on 120v, I've got 24amps to work with.
#permaculture #permies #homesteading #meshtadel #solarpower #offgrid #ev #electricvehicle #pev
Another sunny day and some warmer temperatures too, which means the roads were clear. The Chevy Volt is a plug in electric vehicle with a gas generator, in very cold weather or when the roads are bad the Subaru Outback is the vehicle of choice, but today the weather was good to take the Volt out for some errands.
Thanks to Bitcoin meetups, the Volt was acquired p2p for Bitcoin and today was the first day conditions were good to charge it back up with solar power. While the value of mining Bitcoin with solar is good, using solar power to charge a vehicle is even better!
Hour for hour, solar charging the volt is about 3x more valuable than solar mining Bitcoin when comparing the fuel savings to driving the Subaru Outback. In the summer, with warmer weather, this ratio will get even better (assuming the bitcoin price doesn't 3x by then) because the battery gets more efficient when it's warm. (I also have some very cool plans this summer related to Bitcoin mining and this vehicle too...)
Oh, and I'm also still mining Bitcoin with the solar power today too, because I can only charge Volt at 12amps on 120v, I've got 24amps to work with.
#permaculture #permies #homesteading #meshtadel #solarpower #offgrid #ev #electricvehicle #pev
quoting nevent1q…mkkeAfter 3 months of poor solar mining conditions, hashrate is ripping again, off grid, at the yurt.
Late October was the last time a miner was plugged into the solar power system at the yurt. As the solar mining season comes to a close, the winter heating season begins and the miners are needed for heat in the house.
The system was expanded to its maximum production potential with the existing inverter, and charge controllers. This allows for full utilization of the equipment for Bitcoin mining which fast tracking the return on investment. Since installing the equipment, Bitcoin mining has already recoupped 25 percent of the total cost. (There is a 30 percent tax refund/credit whatever the fuck too)
It's a totally different story when denominating the expenses in Bitcoin (that's true of anything). The goal was to increase resilience and balance forms of capital. It's impossible to know when a extended power outage might occur and this solar power setup is enough to keep my essential loads running, plus I already had the miners to utilize the power in the meantime. Now, the system is completely installed, and I'm familiar with it's operations and repairs. After the power is out it's too late, and I'll wish I already had the system instead of Bitcoin anyway.
#permaculture #permies #homesteading #meshtadel #bitcoin #bitcoinmining #plebminer #offgrid #solarpower #resilience
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