It's also the case that wealthy homeowners usually consume more energy, thus effectively carrying a larger share.
The main idea behind above-market prices being mandated is that it creates an incentive for investment to promote renewable energy which wouldn't otherwise be competitive in the market, with the aim to bring prices down by promoting the technology. Germany (as a state, i.e. its population, represented by its governments in the last decades) decided that cheap energy with a large environmental impact is less desirable than more expensive renewable energy.
This makes roughly 1800-2200€/kWpeak for a typical home installation. German law requires the utilities to buy the electricity from you at above market prices, so you get 24cts/kWh produced (and will produce roughly 1000kWh/kWpeak/year). You can see that this is a good deal here. Insurance is often included in the existing contracts and/or rather cheap (50€/year for liability insurance, 70€/year for theft/loss/earthquakes/etc...).
Yes they are - so what? This is not a new concept. In Germany we pay mineral oil tax on gas (+VAT), there are taxes on cigarettes (+VAT), liquor (+VAT) and so on... I'm sure this applies to other countries as well.
encoding of the song into a lossy format destroys the image."
I have an mp3 encoded @192kps, using the Nullsoft tiny fullscreen plugin displays the image just fine (its at the last few seconds of the 2nd track of the Windowlicker EP.
Disclaimer: I work for IBM, these views are my own however
In the last weeks I played around with Sash a little bit and found that it exceeds the capabilities of WSH by far.
Sash allows me to create GUIs in HTML and the programming logic in SashScript (a superset of JavaScript) similar to creating webpages. Those files run like regular programs, desktop toolbars (like the IE5+ address toolbar or quicklaunch toolbar), IE toolbar extensions, Start Menu Search entries,... you name it.
Adding a german-english translator to my desktop as a taskbar enty field was a matter 4 lines of HTML and JavaScript code - this is what sold Sash to me.
As those processors are produced in the Dresden Fab, you should keep in mind that Thunderbird, Spitfire, etc... used to be planes that made Dresden a pile of dirt in WWII. So I rather prefer Duron, even if it sounds like a viagra competitor....
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True... and a large proportion of Germany's population is ok with that, see here (if you can read German): http://www.unendlich-viel-energie.de/de/panorama/akzeptanz-erneuerbarer-energien.html
It's also the case that wealthy homeowners usually consume more energy, thus effectively carrying a larger share.
The main idea behind above-market prices being mandated is that it creates an incentive for investment to promote renewable energy which wouldn't otherwise be competitive in the market, with the aim to bring prices down by promoting the technology. Germany (as a state, i.e. its population, represented by its governments in the last decades) decided that cheap energy with a large environmental impact is less desirable than more expensive renewable energy.
Just as a comparison, here are rough price estimates for a 5-10 kWpeak installation in Germany (before sales tax), due to drop in 2012:
per kWpeak:
Panels: 1000-1500€
Cabling, Mounting kit: 100-150€
Installation: 250-350€
Inverter: 200-300€
per Installation:
AC wiring: 800€
This makes roughly 1800-2200€/kWpeak for a typical home installation. German law requires the utilities to buy the electricity from you at above market prices, so you get 24cts/kWh produced (and will produce roughly 1000kWh/kWpeak/year). You can see that this is a good deal here. Insurance is often included in the existing contracts and/or rather cheap (50€/year for liability insurance, 70€/year for theft/loss/earthquakes/etc...).
What do they charge where you live?
http://www.germany-info.org/relaunch/business/new/ bus_tsunami_buoy_8_2005.html
*cough* eclipse *cough*
We had three-way speakers before!
What about this one?
Pontis SP 600
You don't. Rotary phones work fine without an OS. Once you have more sophisticated features (GSM, organizer functions, etc...) you need one.
Yes they are - so what? This is not a new concept. In Germany we pay mineral oil tax on gas (+VAT), there are taxes on cigarettes (+VAT), liquor (+VAT) and so on... I'm sure this applies to other countries as well.
... compared to the
17 to 18 billion HP wanted to pay 2 years ago.
encoding of the song into a lossy format destroys the image."
I have an mp3 encoded @192kps, using the Nullsoft tiny fullscreen plugin displays the image just fine (its at the last few seconds of the 2nd track of the Windowlicker EP.
Disclaimer: I work for IBM, these views are my own however
... you name it.
In the last weeks I played around with Sash a little bit and found that it exceeds the capabilities of WSH by far.
Sash allows me to create GUIs in HTML and the programming logic in SashScript (a superset of JavaScript) similar to creating webpages. Those files run like regular programs, desktop toolbars (like the IE5+ address toolbar or quicklaunch toolbar), IE toolbar extensions, Start Menu Search entries,
Adding a german-english translator to my desktop as a taskbar enty field was a matter 4 lines of HTML and JavaScript code - this is what sold Sash to me.
Wolfram
As those processors are produced in the Dresden Fab, you should keep in mind that Thunderbird, Spitfire, etc... used to be planes that made Dresden a pile of dirt in WWII. So I rather prefer Duron, even if it sounds like a viagra competitor....