On Sep 22, 2015, at 9:55 AM, Robert Bruninga via EV <[email protected]> wrote:
> That's 1% to 4%. Better than most banks. And FAR better for the future > since it displaces X amount of coal burning. If that's your goal, _far_ better to put the panels on your rooftop and backfeed into the grid -- assuming, of course, your utility provides a reasonable variation on the net metering theme. If not...I'll bet a cup of coffee that stationary panels going to a set of batteries used as a dump pack for the golf cart would still financially outperform the roof-mounted option. You can use cheaper panels that get maximum insolation, and the only concern for the dump pack is total lifetime cost per kWh in and out -- weight or volume or similar concerns are irrelevant. A significant fraction of the electric vehicles on the road are already solar powered; EV owners are statistically much more likely to have rooftop solar generation than others. Except as a gimmick or an engineering challenge or in unreal fringe cases (extraterrestrial planetary exploration), carting the panels around with you is the most over-the-top wasteful way to get to a "green" car. It's pure conspicuous consumerism --which is perfectly fine if you can afford and appreciate the luxury...just don't pretend that it's saving the planet or that it makes good financial sense. b& -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 801 bytes Desc: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150922/3cb4bc1a/attachment.pgp> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
