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  1. Re:Only 30 Grand? by SBrach · · Score: 1 · on Chevrolet Unveils 200-Mile Bolt EV At Detroit Auto Show

    http://www.aps.com/en/resident...

    4.1 cents per kWh in Arizona.

  2. Re:Listen to the gray hair on this. by havardi · · Score: 1 · on Arizona Trialing System That Lets Utility System Control Home A/Cs
    Yeah! Like 1.6GPF toilets!! GAHH I miss my 12 gallon flusher. Damn socialists! I have every right to use the energy that I pay for, as much as I want, whenever I want!! STAY OUTTA MY BUSINESS!!

    Wait, what's that? There is a price model that accounts for time of use AND demand? Penalizing me for running my 5-Ton oversized A/C Unit that short-cycles like mad while I'm doing dishes and laundry at 3PM in July?

    http://www.aps.com/main/services/residential/rates/rates_28.html

    Oh crap!!! It's voluntary today-- it'll be mandatory tomorrow!! It's time to get the guns!! Let FREEDOM RINGGGGGG and the WHITE DOVE Singgggg

  3. Re:Uhh....lithium ion? by ScrewMaster · · Score: 2, Insightful · on "Home Batteries" Power Houses For a Week

    Power companies are like record companies: they don't want anything to interfere with the way they distribute their wares, even if those changes might prove highly beneficial and profitable.

    Really? All power companies?

    http://www.aps.com/main/green/choice/solar/default.html?source=hme

    All? No ... I suppose not. But then again not all record companies are dicks.

    Just most of them.

  4. Re:Uhh....lithium ion? by babyrat · · Score: 2, Informative · on "Home Batteries" Power Houses For a Week

    Power companies are like record companies: they don't want anything to interfere with the way they distribute their wares, even if those changes might prove highly beneficial and profitable.

    Really? All power companies?

    http://www.aps.com/main/green/choice/solar/default.html?source=hme

  5. Re:that's more like it by Vario · · Score: 1 · on Company Develops Microwave-powered Water Heater
    A microwave oven has an efficiency of about 57% to convert elictrical power in to heat. See: http://www.aps.com/aps_services/business/waystosav e/BusWaystoSave_23.html/


    This is a lot better for heating up food than any other method. A simple isolated wire inside the water container has an efficiency that should be well over 95% and it can heat itself up in seconds. So you are wasting at least 30% just to heat up your water quickly. It is not the best idea to use electricity to heat up things in the first place but this concept is purely nonsense.

  6. Re:Solar constant by k8er · · Score: 1 · on New Material for More Efficient Solar Cells

    I live in Phoenix. APS already uses solar panels to supplement it's power APS and they also have a solar test and research center STAR Center

    They also have a program where you can pay a few bucks extra on your power bill to assist the program. Supposedly you are agreeing to pay a surcharge to use solar power. I participate in that. They send me a newsletter and invitations to tour the STAR Center.

    I agree, AZ and the the surrounding states have plenty of land and sunlight. There is no excuse for not using it.

  7. Re:Solar constant by k8er · · Score: 1 · on New Material for More Efficient Solar Cells

    I live in Phoenix. APS already uses solar panels to supplement it's power APS and they also have a solar test and research center STAR Center

    They also have a program where you can pay a few bucks extra on your power bill to assist the program. Supposedly you are agreeing to pay a surcharge to use solar power. I participate in that. They send me a newsletter and invitations to tour the STAR Center.

    I agree, AZ and the the surrounding states have plenty of land and sunlight. There is no excuse for not using it.

  8. Re:EZ-Bake ovens and Geek childhood by Slick_Snake · · Score: 1 · on PC Case For Hamsters, EZ Bake Oven in a Drive Bay
    Look for something called a flashbake oven.

    Flashbake(R) ovens - Flashbake(R) ovens use a combination of intense visible light from halogen bulbs and infrared energy to cook food. It produces the browning effect of conventional ovens but it cooks almost twice as fast. Unlike conventional ovens, it isn't necessary to leave these ovens on during non cooking times to maintain oven temperature. They only operate when actual cooking is taking place - no preheating is needed. Because of these advantages, Flashbake(R) ovens are being used in commercial kitchens to increase productivity.-Flashbake

  9. solar energy by stonebeat.org · · Score: 1 · on Wind Turbines Kill a Few Birds

    'When you turn on your lights you kill something, no matter what the source of electricity.'"
    Even when using solar panels??????

    checkout APS Solar Test and Research in Tempe, Arizona. Very Cool