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To: DoughtyOne

I know a clever guy who has been scamming the system with his electric car for several years now. He charges it up every day for free when he goes to work. When he goes home he plugs it in and discharges it into his government subsidized “solar” system. His system is hooked to the grid, but he doesn’t let the grid charge the batteries.

He lives south of rainy Portland Oregon so those solar cells don’t actually keep his batteries charged; he uses the car to do that. His solar cells are used mostly to sell power back to the power company. He denies that he is doing anything wrong, but if you think about the global use of his system... he is essentially selling the electricity that he gets for free from the taxpayers and ratepayers at the charging station back to the utility company using his system.


28 posted on 07/24/2019 5:09:13 PM PDT by fireman15
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To: fireman15

Yes he’s using the power from work provided to him by his employer, to sell back to the grid.

His employer has chosen to be nice and allow him to use the electricity to subsidize his commute.

He’s thanking the employer by diverting the energy for other purposes.


36 posted on 07/24/2019 5:42:34 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (This space for rent<)
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