Re: Who Killed the Electric Car?

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From: Eeyore
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 00:04

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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.

How can that even remotely be justified ?

Graham

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