Did I say anything like that Mr Doug?
I just said that in general, hot days where demand spikes are also very sunny days.
It's not like there are many 40 degree days where it is overcast and gloomy.
Unsurprisingly, solar panel uptake is strongest in states where peak demand aligns with hot weather rather than cold weather. The coldest state, Tasmania is largely powered by renewables in the form of hydro-electric.
I wasn't picking on you Breaveheart81, just using a favourite quote repeated by all but one of the solar-industry sales reps (around 30) who came knocking at my front door over the last 5 years. They proudly claim that living on the Gold Coast with so many hot days is a plus, because "the hotter it gets, the more electricity you can generate", to power air conditioners. That's when I tell them that we don't have any air conditioners in our house. (We open the windows and doors if it gets too hot)!
I'll take this opportunity to point out that my belief in "global cooling brought on by "Solar Hibernation", is currently looking healthier than yours re "Global Warming".
Examples: As you know, Solar Hibenation is claimed to be accompanied by an increase in volcanic eruptions and major earthquakes. Currently there is one volcano erupting near Rabaul, and one getting ready to let go in Iceland. There were two major earthquakes recently on the same day, one in the Napper Valley, California, the other in South America.
You will have seen the signs in your local super market, advising that the bananas are discoloured (greyish) and spotted due to "unseasonably cold weather" in North Queensland. Apparently, the 'eating' quality hasn't been affected. And finally, farmers in south-east Australia have suffered "hundreds of millions of dollars worth of damage", to crops such as wheat, triticale, (a hybrid of wheat and rye), barley, lupins, etc, (according to the Dept. of Primary Industry), following "unusually severe frosts for a prolonged period of time", throughout NSW, Victoria and South Australia. This takes me back to a comment I made to you months ago, that I'm sure all my farmer friends would rather be faced with "minutely higher temperatures" than long periods of severe frosts!
Re Tasmania, isn't that the state where many folks still heat their homes with wood-burning fireplaces, and appliances, and yes, in the days before Dr Bob Brown and his economic terrorists, Governments were actually allowed to build dams and install Hydro-Electric power stations, just like the ones that supply power to my daughter's home in Whistler, BC, Canada.
Braveheart81, I'm looking forward to the day when I travel to Sydney during the Rugby season and you get to buy me a beer at (say) the Panthers' League Club, Penrith, as we watch children ice-skating on the frozen Nepean River!!