Here in Germany, solar panels are everywhere. But when we recently went on a trip to Tenerife, I didn't see any - on an island with sunny, stable weather. There were no electric cars there as well, although on an island they would make a lot more sense than on the continent.
I looked up historic cold in Miami and South Florida. The most recent events listed at weather.gov are from 2010. The linked document describes a 12-day January 2010 cold stretch, where Miami's lows got into the 30s repeatedly. https://www.weather.gov/media/mfl/news/ColdEpisodeJan2010.pdf
Chris Arnade has a Substack blog, Walking the World, https://walkingtheworld.substack.com/, where he flies to different cities around the world, goes walking in them for a few days, then writes a trip report. (He recently went to Phoenix and hated it.)
David and others interested in the walkability question should find it interesting. Arnade is relatively apolitical and non-ideological. You rarely get mad at him for interjecting off-topic opinions into his travelogues.
I hope someone answers the solar panel question. Maybe it is the recurrent possibility of hurricane winds that discourages their use?
Here in Germany, solar panels are everywhere. But when we recently went on a trip to Tenerife, I didn't see any - on an island with sunny, stable weather. There were no electric cars there as well, although on an island they would make a lot more sense than on the continent.
Yes, I had that thought too. If the panels rip your roof off every three years, no panels, I am sure.
I looked up historic cold in Miami and South Florida. The most recent events listed at weather.gov are from 2010. The linked document describes a 12-day January 2010 cold stretch, where Miami's lows got into the 30s repeatedly. https://www.weather.gov/media/mfl/news/ColdEpisodeJan2010.pdf
Chris Arnade has a Substack blog, Walking the World, https://walkingtheworld.substack.com/, where he flies to different cities around the world, goes walking in them for a few days, then writes a trip report. (He recently went to Phoenix and hated it.)
David and others interested in the walkability question should find it interesting. Arnade is relatively apolitical and non-ideological. You rarely get mad at him for interjecting off-topic opinions into his travelogues.
Actually on this trip I was using (for the first time) a backpack he recommended!
https://alpakagear.com/products/elements-travel-backpack?variant=44398731231394