Nostr Web Client

After 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

nostr:nevent1qqspfzer95lcdjd6rr4zr64sm7adgmpk96h4pg3d4d6jz83nvsrpvagpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsygzdqg7wnh7htflnqadcarsggqytu9ap7agvvw6auus7dmug8tw8v5psgqqqqqqseuash3

rev.hodl 11mo ago 💬 7

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

nostr:nevent1qqszccpaxjvztnayxtmmw88qa8dcapvvn6g93wr2hf3ydhncrz2sfacppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qgsy6q3ua80awknlxp6m368qssqghct6ra6scca4meepumhcswkuwegrqsqqqqqpqhmkke

Reply to this note

Please Login to reply.

Discussion

Jim Smij 11mo ago

#smij is #impressed

#zapd #grownostr

nostr:nevent1qqsgzdx8rr3379k5v6zaa6fgcnaredpy9p3l0qgdvkvpj6fv6rrpumcpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtczypxsy08fmlt45leswkuw3cyyqz97z7slw5xx8dw7wg0xa7yr4hrk2qcyqqqqqqgtgxf74

Hodl Harry 11mo ago

You really are living the life I aspire to live.

I will apply many of your ideas and practices in my future home.

Good job and great example of being independant 💪🧡💚

rev.hodl 11mo ago

With Bitcoin and Permaculture the world will be transformed, we don't have to wait for it to happen, we can just do it now.

Hodl Harry 11mo ago

Yeah, I've put myself in debt till after the next bull run 😅 but I'm learning and preparing as much as i can

Bennu Breath 𓅣 11mo ago

Amazing, you made it work 👌!! I've considered doing this since some time.

Ailo 11mo ago

Very inspiring. I got started last summer installing air ducts in the house and bought a miner that has heated our home throughout the winter. My thinking for the future has been to instead use the miner to heat the water tank, then siphon hot water off to a heat exchanger for the air ducts. Definitely will also look into solar more thoroughly!

rev.hodl 7mo ago 💬 10

Bought a Chevy Volt plug-in electric hybrid car from a local pleb 5 months ago with Bitcoin to save on fuel.

Here's the stats on the fuel savings so far:

7500 total miles

4600 gas miles

2300 electric miles

600 solar miles

$330 fuel savings (compared to Subaru outback)

$66/month in savings

I expect the average savings to go up significantly more now that I'm charging mostly with solar and the range is maximized from warmer weather.

nostr:nevent1qqsgzdx8rr3379k5v6zaa6fgcnaredpy9p3l0qgdvkvpj6fv6rrpumcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qgsy6q3ua80awknlxp6m368qssqghct6ra6scca4meepumhcswkuwegrqsqqqqqpc980pu

I met someone at the Bitcoin meetups who was buying used volts and fixing them up. Every meetup they would talk about all the features of the car that made it stand apart from other electric hybrids. The Bitcoin price was also ripping at the time and had recently broke 100k for the first time. I had been driving a lot more too, attending a Bitcoin meetup a week, sometimes two in a week. Most of the time the meetups were over an hour drive from the homestead. I was burning up as many sats in fuel as I could earn at a meetup a lot of times. Once I realized turning the solar power production into miles on the road would net me more Bitcoin in the end with the fuel savings vs using that power to mine, it was time to make the purchase. Getting an electric vehicle at the beginning of winter offered an underwhelming experience to start. The vehicles electric range was greatly reduced by the cold and I hardly had any solar power to charge it. As the days got longer and warmer the electric range drastically increased to the point where I can do most local trips without burning any gas.

#permaculture #permies #homesteading #meshtadel #electricvehicle #solarpower #circulareconony #p2p