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45 comments on A useful series on energy, and a Wish

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robert2734 on December 26, 2007 - 1:31pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

It's a 15kW system so $9-$10 a watt is what solar costs right now. A home would use a fifth of that. Unless it is Al Gore's home.

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xironman on December 26, 2007 - 2:50pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

The average home uses about 900 kWh http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ind_assumptions.html, so you are saying a 3kW system produces 900 kWh in a month in Mass?

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robert2734 on December 27, 2007 - 12:03am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

I'm saying Massachusetts need to install more compact flourescent lightbulbs.

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xironman on December 27, 2007 - 6:03am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Mass was 46th in per capita electricity use in 2005, http://www.energy.ca.gov/electricity/us_per_capita_electricity_2005.html.

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robert2734 on December 27, 2007 - 9:43am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

California was 51st. Which just means we import our electricity from other states. Someone who is using 900kWhs a month doesn't need more solar panels. They need energy star appliances.

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xironman on December 27, 2007 - 12:04pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Retail sales include imports, California has low usage due to high rates and mild climate.

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