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Conservation is always the first step and in general, the least expensive. With less than 300 kWh/month of electricity usage, you are likely...
Nice setup! That's a lot of solar panels! How many kWh do you generate a year? I'm guessing over 10,000?
Got some pics? Love to see PV installs. I'm sure mwalsh won't mind me intruding on his thread since I already provided advice on the two other...
Nice - what panels did you end up getting? It's a fact of life that shipping from China will be a lot cheaper than shipping from the US. How...
Again, read the links I posted earlier. In the real world, there are multiple owners of power plants, as utilities aim to buy the least expensive...
Read the links I posted - they cover the intermittent nature of wind energy quite well.
Yes, it is. New Mexico is one of the best places for solar power. Found this image showing the difference: [img]
A couple of articles on how wind power affects electricity prices: The Oil Drum: Europe | The cost of wind, the price of wind, the value of wind...
Getting off-topic, but you can probably expect $5.50-$8 a DC watt installed in New Jersey. 1BOG is currently running a campaign there for a base...
Unless they will be shimming your rear axle....
Wait - so you claim that the Antarctic ice sheet is growing, but then post an image that says that Antarctic sea ice extent is growing? Which is...
Good luck - $5.50-8.00/watt seems to be the "normal" price per watt these days, installed, before rebates. The $5/watt installed through 1BOG...
Not Virginia, but pretty close in south New Jersey, $5/watt for a typical install through 1BOG: South NJ Solar Panels Cost Less with 1BOG Group...
Nice - you've got a Hymotion installed if I remember correctly, no?
Yes it does. The Volt will maintain a minimum charge level on the battery. The Volt uses 8 kWh out of 16 kWh battery capacity. Let's say it...
While we're wishing, let's hope that Nissan makes it a free upgrade to those who buy the first-gen Leaf... :) Or at least buys back the old...
Because of the large battery pack, the Volt can be even more "lazy" about firing up the engine. The pack has a huge reserve compared to the...
The ICE will fire up long before the battery is fully discharged - there will be plenty of time for the ICE to get going and start generating...
AC will eat a couple thousand watts at 95* ambient temps trying to keep the interior in the mid 70s.
Does your battery drain to the purple in your conditions? If not, I suspect that your AC isn't blasting and your driving is more go than stop....
