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From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 1:32 PM
Subject: Re: cars, air L3er
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> From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 12:27 PM
> Subject: Re: cars, air L3er
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>That comes to just over $1.00/kWh.
^^^^
under
>> Might it not be worthwhile to spend money on solar applications for
those areas, since
>> you aren't competing with the grid, you are competing with the costs to
>> BUILD a grid, which makes solar look much more competitive.
But, grids are not _that_ expensive. Our county grew 70% in 10 years,
requiring a massive build out of the grid. They can amatorize the cost
over 20 years and still charge us $0.10/kWh and make a profit. One also
needs to remember that 1400 kWh/year is a low household usage by American
standards. That would mean, for a standard user, bills of only about
$12.00/month. For a household which uses 1000 kWh/month, about 7 such
systems are required. The breakeven point for extending the grid,
factoring in fuel costs, is roughly $50,000 in that case. Few American
households cannot be wired into the grid for 50k. For a new neighborhood
of 1000 houses, that would be $50,000,000...well under what the cost would
really be.
Dan M.
Dan M.
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