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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.

-- 
Regards, Joerg

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