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T wrote:
> In article <5iIXj.542$mh5.416@nlpi067.nbdc.sbc.com>, 
> notthisjoergsch@removethispacbell.net says...
>> Eeyore wrote:
>>> Jeff Liebermann wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 16 May 2008 10:47:27 -0700, Joerg
>>>> <notthisjoergsch@removethispacbell.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> There is a major stumbling block in areas like ours: Monopoly, plus
>>>>> baseline usage rules the monopoly imposes. The millisecond you exceed
>>>>> baseline by IIRC as little as 30% electricity becomes painfully
>>>>> expensive. Anyone who dared to use their A/C in summer knows that.
>>>>> Unless this changes or one can line up a sweet and most of all longterm
>>>>> night-time deal there won't be a realistic future for electric cars.
>>>> One former EV-1 owner has a solution to the electric power cost
>>>> problem:
>>>> <http://www.solarwarrior.com>
>>>> <http://www.solarwarrior.com/why.html>
>>> A 30kW peak output PV solar array would cost somewhere in the region of
>>> $120,000 in panels alone by my estimation yet would only provide around
>>> 120kWh of electricity daily (worth around $12) on average. Factor in
>>> financing costs and it simply will NEVER 'pay back'
>>>
>>> Scale that down to a 12kWh EV battery pack daily recharge and it would still
>>> cost you $12,000 PLUS and the associated installation, inverter etc, say
>>> $20k overall. Yet it would only cost about $1.20 for that daily recharge
>>> from the mains.
>>>
>> Not if you live in an area where electricity cost versus monthly usage 
>> has the I/V characteristic of a silicon diode. Out here when you reach 
>> 130% of baseline that would be the 600mV point. Go beyond that and 
>> you'll hear a huge slurping sound. That sound would be coming from your 
>> bank account. And that happens in a lot of other places, too.
>>
>>
> 
> That's ok, I just got a notice that National Grid is hiking electric 
> rates in RI again. It's bad enough that with the combined distribution 
> and generation charges we pay 14.5 cents per kWh. I don't know how much 
> more I can bear of this. 
> 
> Deregulation, yeah it's only good for the company not for the people. 
> 

Deregulation can be good if there is competition. Airline travel was 
pretty much restricted to upper class folks before deregulation. But 
deregulation while keeping monopolies in place is IMHO not a good thing.

-- 
Regards, Joerg

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