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On Sun, 18 May 2008 17:12:42 -0700, Joerg
<notthisjoergsch@removethispacbell.net> wrote:

>> PG&E rates vary with usage and season.  The cost to charge the fleet
>> of electric vehicles would have placed them in nearly the highest
>> rates.  See:
>> <http://www.pge.com/tariffs/ResElecCurrent.xls>
>> That's the current residential rates.  My guess is that electricity
>> would cost about $0.30/kw-hr at the highest rate.  

>Can't see the spreadsheet but IIRC it does cost that much.

Y'er news header shows that you're using Windoze.  You might want to
download the various Word, Excel, and Powerpoint viewers from
Microsloth.

Word 2003:
<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=95e24c87-8732-48d5-8689-ab826e7b8fdf&displaylang=en>

Excel 2003:
<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c8378bf4-996c-4569-b547-75edbd03aaf0&displaylang=en>

PowerPointless 2007:
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Visio 2003:
<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3fb3bd5c-fed1-46cf-bd53-da23635ab2df&DisplayLang=en>

>The reason why PV is popular in Europe is that goverments there provide 
>HUGE subsidies. They often get well north of 50c/kWh and the other 
>ratepayers foot the bill. There is no free lunch.

"The world's largest solar power plant is only the latest addition to
Germany's investment in alternative power..."
<http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/05/28/100049624/index.htm>

The way I understand it (from a rather marginal TV documentary) the
logic is that when the oil runs out, Germany will have electricity
while most other countries will not.  It's also part of creating jobs
and dealing with the unemployment problem.  German taxpayers
apparently paid about $3.8 billion last year to subsidize alternative
engergy sources.  Whatever it takes.

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