{"id":28780,"date":"2019-03-18T15:17:21","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T04:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=28780"},"modified":"2019-03-18T15:21:18","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T04:51:18","slug":"solarquotes-vodcast-ep8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solarquotes-vodcast-ep8\/","title":{"rendered":"SolarQuotes Vodcast Episode 8: Ronald On Drugs &#038; Chocolate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"SolarQuotes Vodcast #8 - 15\/3\/19\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DAICYyfg02M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>In the 8th instalment of the\u00a0SolarQuotes Vodcast, Ronald and Finn discuss taking drugs, eating chocolate and of course solar power stuff. 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It even takes cloud cover in to account.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DAICYyfg02M&amp;t=531s\">8:51<\/a> &#8211; 60 Million Tonnes Of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/coal-ash-macquarie-mb0970\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toxic Coal Ash<\/a> At Lake Macquarie<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The horror of toxic coal ash from power stations, and just how much space they take up, why taxi drivers don&#8217;t drive around in 40 year old taxis and why adding coal ash to concrete accelerates climate breakdown.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DAICYyfg02M&amp;t=735s\">12:15<\/a> &#8211; The best and worst reviews of the week<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Auswide solar get the gold medal and the wooden spoon goes to Aus Solar Australia.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DAICYyfg02M&amp;t=861s\"><strong>14:21<\/strong><\/a><strong> &#8211; Making Approved Solar Retailer Status Mandatory in Victoria <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/approved-solar-retailer-victoria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Would Be Disastrous<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Why the Approved Solar Retail Scheme has gone from a great initiative to a horrible, Orwellian curse on consumers and installers. 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