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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (73844)	5/7/2010 1:17:06 PM
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Oahu is even better; you don't need cables. Put in solar, too; charge the cars in the day, & they feed the grid at night. Or Oahu can unload garbage barges by day, burn them W2E @ nite, and quit shipping it to dumps 3000 miles away. Or maybe wind to compressed air storage, or water storage... It's all good; ya just gotta close da loops. Get paid to plug in Posted: Friday, February 19, 2010 6:42 PM by Alan Boyle Someday, someone will pay you to hook your car into the electrical grid. It's one of those almost-a-sure-thing business opportunities enabled by the expected rise of plug-in vehicles. But will the payoff be worth the cost? That's where the calculations get a little complicated. Experts on the future of the electrical grid and plug-in electric cars came together this week in San Diego at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science to discuss their common interests. The concept of moving power back and forth between a smarter grid and more capable electric cars, known as vehicle-to-grid or V2G, is a "perfect bridge technology" for two complementary energy frontiers, said Jasna Tomic, new-fuels project manager for Calstart, a nonprofit energy research center headquartered in California. It's a concept that utilities are willing to shell out money to support, said Ken Huber, senior technology and education principal at Pennsylvania-based PJM Interconnection. Message 26338324 "In the long run, car owners might even save their old plug-in batteries to store more power at home. "We believe the battery will have a life outside the car," Posawatz said."... PG&E First to Commit to Buying Used Plug-In Batteries Jun 11, 2007 (From the CalCars-News archive) Message 26338341