On 22 Sep 2015 at 19:35, Robert Bruninga via EV wrote: > Yes, but a grid-tied solar system does not need a "dump battery" so that > is a 100% wasted investment. Just charge from the net-metereed solar > system as is.
Barring an unlikely major change in America's political system that vastly reduces the influence of money on laws, grid tie is going to be effectively gone in a few years. The utilities despise it, and will price it out of existence. You may be lucky enough to be grandfathered for a while -- or maybe not. Most of us won't have that nearly-infinite, nearly-free battery that you have right now. We'd better be making other plans. I'm sure there are huge practical barriers, but wouldn't it be great to develop democratically-controlled local or even regional consortia of RE users who pool their resources to build large storage facilities, and intertie their systems that way? While we're at it why not make them vehicle-sharing programs, too? You drive a small EV to work every day, but if you need an ICE van for the weekend, you can trade for a modest fee. I know, now I'M the dreamer. :-\ David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
