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   From: CFKinsey@military.org.jp   
      
   On Fri, 07 Jun 2019 14:33:46 +0100, Reentrant  wrote:   
      
   > On 06/06/2019 21:35, Commander Kinsey wrote:   
   >> I noticed some new houses being built, all with environmental shit, like   
   >> solar panels, water reclamation from gutters etc.  But why do they have   
   >> only 3 or 4 panels when the roof could hold about 12?   
   >   
   > Are you sure they are solar electric panels? If there's only 3 or 4 they   
   > are more likely to be solar thermal - ie to heat water directly.   
      
   I can see them clearly enough to notice the PV pattern.  Thermal ones look   
   entirely different.   
      
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