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Here's the alternative to incenting more production at consumption point -- continue to build central power plants and harden transmission lines for increasingly harsh weather. Either the tax payer pays or the consumer pays....but either way, we are paying for our power...the question is which option do we prefer. Me, I voted with my checkbook and covered my roof. I was in a position to do so and will benefit as long as we're in the house.
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I do think with regard to the $ question he almost certainly got something VERY wrong. He estimated that without solar, his annual electricity cost was about $9,600. I believe that is totally wrong, especially given that he uses natural gas to heat his home, so no electricity goes towards heat. That's $800/month. I just dont believe it. That throws the rest of his analysis off.
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Seasonality is pretty easy to demonstrate...here's a nice example from 2017...some of our other years are a bit lumpy, depending on rain, cold, changes in appliances, usage, etc.
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I'm not sure why that's unbelievable? You know he's makes probably $5-10 million/year, right?
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What does his income have to do with what I think his electricity bill/month is?
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Also he has an electric car, and I'm betting a fairly large scale computer backup setup to store footage, since that's part of his job. Last edited by rice rocket; 02-29-2024 at 06:54 PM. |
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My only point is that he mentioned that he paid about $100k for the system out of pocket and he was using $10k/year, so the payback was about 10 years. I just dont think that's right. For a house the size he showed, using natural gas for heat in NJ, it doesnt sound right to me. As mentioned, the bulk of the vid was very good and informative.
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From the DOE: In 2022, hydroelectric power accounted for 67% of Washington's total electricity net generation from both utility-scale (1 megawatt or larger) and small-scale (less than 1 megawatt) facilities. Washington typically contributes between one-fourth and one-third of all conventional hydroelectric generation in the nation annually, and 9 of the state's 10 largest power plants by capacity and 7 of the 10 by actual generation are hydroelectric facilities. Last edited by rwsaunders; 03-01-2024 at 08:19 PM. |
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OMG, you used the 'N' word in polite conversation!
Lets just say if the tech is new, I'm cautiously optimistic--see the many articles about the Natrium first plant in Wyoming, or the many presentations from Bill Gates: https://www.terrapower.com/our-work/natriumpower/ OTOH, I'm relieved that activists finally pushed the NY state government in Albany hard enough to keep the new owners from continuing their end run around the EOL requirements at Indian Point. We live to the west of the reactor, and there are studies that go back decades showing worse health outcomes on our side of the river, suspected to be wind carried radioactive leakage. |
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Just my opinion. Utilities are rather inexpensive where I live verses my retirement income. A lot of neighbors have installed them and they make all the houses look ugly with all the conduit coming down the side of the building. The few pennies I could save, plus I may only be in that house a couple more years just doesn’t make sense for me to even consider. I rather take those funds towards redoing our three bathrooms wich is going to be done shortly.
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In planning our installation, I requested that the installer hide *all* conduit. They ran it in through the unfinished attic and down through the garage to the utility room. I knew the house well enough to provide a good initial plan, which they followed. We did the same with our radon system installation. Unfortunately, when installing the minisplits we really didn't have similar options and now I have a white pipe snaking up each side of the house against the gray shingles. One side we never see; the other...
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