Comments by "Scott Franco" (@scottfranco1962) on "Batteries aren't the only way to store energy. Here's another." video.

  1. I agree with most of what you said, but in our area, and probably most areas of the USA, the temperature, even on 90 degree days, drops into the 60s. It makes no sense to run air conditioning when the outside is that cold. You get the same effect, including storing cold air in the house, simply by drawing the cold air outside into the house. For that I have a "whole house fan" that actually goes one better. It both draws cold air into the house at night, and expels hot air from the attic at the same time. The result is that the house is considerably cooler by morning, and then you shut the windows to keep it that way. In this way, I usually manage to keep the house in the 70s until about 3pm even on 90 degree days. But then I turn the A/C on.
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  2. We pay $35 per kilowatt hour. PG&E needs the money to pay their lawyers for burning down so many houses.
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