Not upset at all. Just find it funny and sad at the same time that members here are questioning others solar/PW/EV credentials to post on the forum. Is this how echo chambers are formed?
Hopefully the supply chain issues get sorted and Tesla can build a large distributed grid of solar and battery storage for residential homes. Maybe that will save the grid because it seems evident the individual states are all failing in their own way.
When I read the above post, it seemed to me like the poster totally missed the point of someone asking about his technology. "Hey what is your system like?" was an attempt to get back on topic. This forum is among the most helpful environments, probably because our mods treat the posters with respect and we get a lot of latitude.
@cybertrucker somewhere in this thread you started feeling attacked and started posting defensively. Nobody here is interested in creating an echo chamber, but also this isn't the forum for discussing climate change.
Across the world, very dry and hot areas are only as liveable as well as our technology can tame the climate. This latest heat wave was a real departure from the normal state of Norcal temps, that it deserves some discussion as to how our technology handled the stress.
Personally, my home was almost unbearable when I returned to it in the middle of the heatwave from Oregon. I saw 118F in Williams on the way down, and when I got home the internal temperature was 91F. However, with just a single small AC unit wasn't enough to really keep things cool, we simply don't have the BTU capacity yet until our HVAC upgrade comes through. This had been plenty of cooling capacity previously, and 3 years ago, we had no AC capability and didn't feel we needed it.
After a few days of cooling, overnight venting and shading the house, we were able to cap the internal temps at 81F during the heatwave. This is a good reminder that even with a large powerwall system, our smallish HVAC just couldn't keep up if this is the new normal. I hope the IRA will help me to fund these HVAC and appliance upgrades so I will use more electricity, but hopefully little to no natural gas.