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To: Tadsamillionaire who wrote (7314)	3/29/2008 9:46:46 PM
From: SG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24225

This month my electric company started sending monthly and yearly energy use figures. Looks like i use about 6000 KW hours/yr. Does that sound right? If so, is that manageable with solar (assuming "average" solar conditions, not AZ sunlight)? I realize i'd need to know a bunch of other factors like peak use, etc., etc. SG

To: Tadsamillionaire who wrote (7314)	3/30/2008 5:26:14 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 24225

I hear that, within reason. I may eventually get an electric stove, since I use propane and make electricity, but I'm not gonna make a solar cooker. Also, living by mice elf, I'm a lot more tolerant of cold than I would be if I had a lady. Haven't even been lighting that many fires; I just dress warm. Energy doesn't cost me much. I'm my own water company, I make more electricity than I use, I heat with wood from my own fallen trees, and I use so little propane at the moment (largely because I work nights and don't eat dinners here) that I got dinged double on the rent for my propane tank as an "inactivity fee".