On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 8:47 PM, Lew Hodgett<[email protected]> wrote: > "Lee Haefele" wrote: > >>I have a business that uses about 15KW around the clock, costing about >> $1500/month. > > If I put in 50KW of solar panels and tried to store energy >> from day to night, the panels alone would cost $250k, then probably >> add >> 50-100% for a full installation with building modifications. >
So, your payback period is 13 yrs (ignoring the install costs which i *really* doubt will run that high [or you should hire me and my son ;-) ] and re: big fuel and power companies having a lot to lose: sure, but it's a percentage - they aren't buyiong power from *you* mr solar grid owner and returning it to *me* "at cost" - they make a markup [of course, like every middle distributor. no problem there, hey they got a lot of *wires* you *need* to distribute your excess energy] Everyone should own a soalr collector - it's good for the species :-) and the planet..... jim who currently consumes more power than he produces, but is looking to change that and sell it to *you* :-) s/v Nekkid Joy III _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
