Re: Who Killed the Electric Car?

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From: Joerg
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 23:34

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Rene Tschaggelar wrote:
> Joerg wrote:
> 
>> Jeff Liebermann wrote:
>>
> 
>>> The owner indicates that the calculated break even point is 18 years
>>> out of a 30 year lifetime.  The higher prices of electricity will make
>>> the break even point somewhat sooner.  I don't have all the numbers
>>> necessary to verify that.  I certainly won't buy into anything that
>>> takes 18 years to break even as I don't expect to live that long.  I
>>> agree that it's not very practical (unless you include government
>>> subsidies and rebates), but it's a start.
>>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
> 
> As solar power producer, we get about a dollar a kWh
> for solar energy. As electricity customer we can
> choose the amount of solar energy you wish to
> purchase. This is an adjustable surcharge that allows
> to pay such high prices for solar energy. And guess what,
> The demand for solar energy by far surpasses the supply.
> 
> So, I'm planning to have a solar roof in addition to
> the heatpump running on a well.
> 

It doesn't exactly work like that. Even ratepayers who do not wish to 
buy expensive solar power and those who are renters and thus cannot even 
install solar panels get socked with what basically amounts to an extra 
tax. They cannot simply print those Dollars they pay you.

-- 
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