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To: yard_man who wrote (3775)	5/10/2024 12:36:29 PM
From: Tweets Boar Hog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4409

You might go to the EIA and look around. I go in there and poke around some. Kind of surprising given it is the gov't, but seems to be a decently ran organization. Lot of good stuff in there. Stuff like this. eia.gov I was surprised not much NG turbine power going to be commissioned this year, and it appears most of what is are peakers. Peakers are generally simple cycle, typically ~ 40 % efficient, compared to the 60 % plus efficient cogen and CHP plants. But they are a lot cheaper and fairly quick to install. They can be used for base load as well, if necessary. I think an issue however is that roof top solar, small private wind power, awa private battery storage not really accounted for. And it adds up. If I was younger and more energetic I would be installing PV, probably 13 to 15 Kw system, with battery back up. Decent payout if I did it myself, and it would drive my ~ 4000 dollar per year utility bill to probably less than 1000 dollars. If I added some electric heat awa electric hot water, would also reduce my diesel bill. If I don't burn wood, I burn ~ 1800 gallons a year. About 700 for hot water and shoulder season heat. Just got my tanks filled, 4.27 a gallon. Electricity here is ~ 30 cents per kwhr. No wind to speak of at my pad, you probably get quite a bit over the course of a year. Tweets