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To: Eric who wrote (45152)	12/23/2013 7:00:29 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86356

Already factored in... Maybe in your specific case (although I'm slightly skeptical), but not in the general sense of solar becoming a major player. Even without backup solar is still generally more expensive per watt/hour, sometimes much more expensive (and that's not even considering the extra interest/time value of money cost brought on by solar's costs being more upfront). Backup adds a lot of additional expense, enough to make solar+backup a very questionable source for mass energy production (meaning a significant percentage of the total watt hours produced for a large areas, say the US or the EU).