It's not that sorry. The problem is poor people in apartments bear the brunt of increased utility prices. Yay for rich people and their solar installations though, I guess.
On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 4:17 PM, Bob Higgins <rj.bob.higg...@gmail.com> wrote: > There is a residential solar power war going on now (see Scientific > American issue 11/2014) between homeowners having rooftop solar panels and > the power companies. The power companies believe they have a right to > supply all of your power and are charging additional fees if you have > panels on your roof. The argument is that the homeowners with solar panels > are not buying enough electricity to pay for his portion of the electrical > infrastructure. Even though the power company charges a fixed fee > historically plus a charge per kWH, they make most of their profit on the > amount of electricity (the kWH) you use because they charge you a retail > price which is about twice as much as their wholesale price to produce that > energy or buy it. So the new added fee is for not using enough electricity > to pay the profit they need from each individual to pay for their > infrastructure. > > The power company leaders are meeting in secret together to create > strategies to keep sucking what they believe is their fair share of money > from everyone who has alternative power but is still connected to the > grid. It is a sorry situation for getting the US into use of a significant > fraction of alternative energy. > > On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 5:06 PM, Eric Walker <eric.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 4:07 PM, Blaze Spinnaker <blazespinna...@gmail.com >> > wrote: >> >> Fortunately, looks like LENR may not be needed to rescue the planet >>> >>> http://www.keith.seas.harvard.edu/blog-1/cheapsolarpower >>> >> >> Indeed. If solar power will help humanity to squeak by, and LENR will >> allow it to build out all kinds of military capabilities, solar power may >> end up saving humanity where LENR would doom it. >> >> Eric >> >> >
