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Old 08-14-2010, 06:11 PM   #13 (permalink)
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I think I read somewhere that in Germany someone had worked out that the grant for solar power generated by a home was so much higher than conventional grid power than you could earn an income by powering solar panels in your home using bulbs powered from the mains.
The trouble with grid power is that it is heavily subsidized (at least in the US) which means that it is partly paid for by taxes. And to me it seems justification for bigger gov't, a trait the colonists of 1776 wouldn't have approved of.
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I think you missed the point I was trying to make, which is that it's not rational to do either speed or fuel economy mods for economic reasons. You do it as a form of recreation, for the fun and for the challenge.
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