On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 11:36:03 -0500, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:


"rangerssuck" wrote in message
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Well, for starters, $1.16 per kWh? Where does this guy live?

After separating the fixed and proportional costs, I pay $0.159 per
KWH. If I simply divide the bill by the consumption it looks like
$0.25. I can run a gas generator for considerably less than $1.16 /
KWH.
http://www.p3international.com/products/p4460.html

Much more significant is the cost of the battery divided by its
capacity times cycle life, to give dollars per KWH. With lead-acids,
solar power doesn't break even for me if the panels are free.

I wonder how far a quiet li'l Honda EU generator would take an EV. The
Hondas run 8+ hours per tank of gas. Pop that puppy in the trunk,
route the exhaust out the bottom/back, and drive nonstop to Vegas from
anywhere! (Well, not from Australia.)

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