Well, that is the crux. If the power infrastructure is going to charge the consumer the same whether he uses grid power or not but still has the grid connection, what is the user's incentive to invest in alternative energy? Actually, they are creating a situation where users will disconnect from the grid entirely. Then, the electric company will not get any money from that user. Their present policies are heading toward forcing the development of off-grid solutions and because of that, these off-grid solutions will become better and better alternatives. CHP is going to thrive on LENR, and it doesn't need LENR to begin. A solar assisted house with a diesel generator to provide both supplemental electricity and the heat needed in the house (for cooler climes) is probably already on the threshold of competing with grid power for the same application.
This has happened to the wireline telephone company - people have gone completely wireless and eliminated the wireline service altogether. It is also happening to the cable companies as more and more people are starting to get their entertainment from the internet. The power company is in the beginnings of a death spiral and it is not going to be pretty, particularly for the consumers that cannot afford to migrate to new energy technologies. On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 5:20 PM, Blaze Spinnaker <blazespinna...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >>> >>> >> >
