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Old 05-07-2020, 02:00 PM   #206 (permalink)
Fat Charlie
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Benefit...???

Subsidized is cheaper to operate...???
The solar plant keeps generating power even if you walk away from it, and the coal plant doesn't.

You don't have to buy sunlight and pay someone to shovel it into the boilers to generate solar power, so yeah, once the plant is installed, it's cheaper day to day than coal.
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Transmission type Efficiency
Manual neutral engine off.100% @MPG <----- Fun Fact.
Manual 1:1 gear ratio .......98%
CVT belt ............................88%
Automatic .........................86%