There is a residential solar power war going on now (see Scientific American issue 11/2014) between homeowners having rooftop solar panels and the power companies. The power companies believe they have a right to supply all of your power and are charging additional fees if you have panels on your roof. The argument is that the homeowners with solar panels are not buying enough electricity to pay for his portion of the electrical infrastructure. Even though the power company charges a fixed fee historically plus a charge per kWH, they make most of their profit on the amount of electricity (the kWH) you use because they charge you a retail price which is about twice as much as their wholesale price to produce that energy or buy it. So the new added fee is for not using enough electricity to pay the profit they need from each individual to pay for their infrastructure.
The power company leaders are meeting in secret together to create strategies to keep sucking what they believe is their fair share of money from everyone who has alternative power but is still connected to the grid. It is a sorry situation for getting the US into use of a significant fraction of alternative energy. On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 5:06 PM, Eric Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 4:07 PM, Blaze Spinnaker <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Fortunately, looks like LENR may not be needed to rescue the planet >> >> http://www.keith.seas.harvard.edu/blog-1/cheapsolarpower >> > > Indeed. If solar power will help humanity to squeak by, and LENR will > allow it to build out all kinds of military capabilities, solar power may > end up saving humanity where LENR would doom it. > > Eric > >
