Works in Mars, why not here? Day 591 of 90 !!!

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Re: Works in Mars, why not here? Day 591 of 90 !!!

@funny jammies

^ not true at all. Almost every new house built in Bangalore has a solar powered water heater. There are green buildings that use solar as well as other natural resources effectively to cut down conventional power and water usage by 50 to 60 % (including a large one in NYC, and a couple of Bangalore).

This is no longer R&D

You are mixing apples and oranges (as usual). Bugnalore water heaters are not solar cell powered. That means they do not use the high-tech energy cycle of solar->electric->heat.

They instead are using a very low-tech direct solar->heat cycle by pre-heating intake water going to the heaters. You can accomplish this by putting a coil of water circulated pipes up on your roof. It cuts down on electric bill in tropical areas but it has no large-scale use in colder climates where outside temps drop below freezing.