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To: RFEngineer
"Also, by then, I hope we'll have a nice, efficient solar collection grid, so I don't have to pay ANYONE to charge my car."

You'll need about 5 football fields covered with solar cells and probably $50 million, plus a staff of engineers and technicians to make that dream come true.

It's a nice dream.

Actually, with current solar panel technology she could get'r done for about $60K, a few hippies and her back yard, but that will charge one vehicle, during the day.

Better to use the solar to run the house A/C and use coal to charge the car at night.

137 posted on 01/01/2007 2:16:02 PM PST by UNGN (I've been here since '98 but had nothing to say until now)
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To: UNGN

"with current solar panel technology she could get'r done for about $60K"

She'll need approximately 100 square meters of uninterrupted sunshine on a set of collectors to fill up an emasculated vehicle on electricity in a day. That'll cost a bit more than $60k, I think. If she doesn't mind waiting a few days to fill'er up, she might be able to use a smaller array.


152 posted on 01/01/2007 2:36:27 PM PST by RFEngineer
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