The cost of storage batteries has come down, so if I were to do it all over again this would be worth considering.
On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 6:03 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Andrew's reply is a good one, conventional power plants also require > maintenance and when one is down several MW of power goes down with it... > > Curt > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > <https://go.onelink.me/107872968?pid=InProduct&c=Global_Internal_YGrowth_AndroidEmailSig__AndroidUsers&af_wl=ym&af_sub1=Internal&af_sub2=Global_YGrowth&af_sub3=EmailSignature> > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 11:56 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > And you are as usual spreading misinformation. More or less maintenance > compared to WHAT? > > They closely match my power needs, year over year, with surpluses in the > spring and fall and deficit in winter and summer. I won't share my cost > since prices have come way down. Ifyou're really interested then get > estimates from 3 solar installers in your area. > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 11:42 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > > > >> Yeah, every energy source has its downside but at least turbines and > solar > >> panels don't pollute the air we breathe,nor do they require much > tending. > >> > >> Boy, have you been drinking the koolaid! Wind turbines need lots of > > maintenance. Part of the old Maytag plant is filled with a company that > > rebuilds the turbines. There are lots of guys around who have to climb > > the towers and do regular maintenance. It is a generator. MacDan knows > > how much regular maintenance gensets need. There was a thing on the > > boobtube a few days ago about a guy whose full time job was maintaining > a > > solar installation. > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
