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  1. kai sanders Panels are now down to 75 cents a Watt. Buy what you need. Get a couple panels, say 2 240W panels, a cheap $12 charge controller, a couple auto batteries and $50 inverter on eBay and find out what you can run with it. You'll be shocked at how many devices you can run. You will slowly switch off things you find you really don't need, AND you can slowly add panels and batteries and bigger charge controllers and inverters slowly over the years, You do NOT have to spend a fortune all at once on a bunch of matching panels and a huge system. You can reduce your power bill by running some stuff off solar and other off the grid.
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  2. Craig Schultz  Wrong about switched power strips. Fire stations and power companies recommend them to shut off groups of devices that otherwise are on all the time and which ARE major sources of fire and parasitic draws.
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  3. Joe Scott You're wrong about wind costs. In the midwest, specifically Texas, wind energy is now down to 3 cents per kiloWatt-hour. This includes the manufacture and maintenance of the turbines for 30 years, and they are estimated to run for 60 years if maintained. That's compared to the best solar at 4.5 cents per kW-hr. If they are built on farm land surrounding most small cities, then the need for long distance transmission disappears.
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