[ausev] What to do when the grid goes kaput

[Roy Holder]

No, 1 KWH will propel my car about 4.5 miles.
I drive about 20 a day.
15 kWh a day, which is reasonable to expect, would allow for over 70 miles
a day.
way more than to the store and back. 


At 01:27 PM 5/19/2007 -0700, you wrote:
>At 1:12 P -0500 5/18/07, MLAB wrote:
>>Maybe one's home-based solar and wind devices would be enough to charge
>>up the car, but not likely.
>
>500 kWh a month (15 kWh a day) is reasonable to expect (per 
>http://www.mrsolar.com).  That'll get you to the store and back.  But 
>it costs $10K.
>
>Solar is so expensive and grid electricity is so cheap that the 
>payback period is still 5-7 years, down from 9-12 at the end of the 
>last millenium.  But solar's coming down slowly and grid will be 
>going up steadily, so it's becoming ever more a viable alternative.
>
>--Gil
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