going "off the grid"

[tboy]

https://www.hydroone.com/RegulatoryAffairs/RatesPrices/Pages/default.aspx

Trying to follow the math. Are there additional charges aside from the price per kwh that Hydro One tacks on. Just trying to see where the $2.00 per kwh is calculated. Based on their website, 12 cents/kwh is the rate during peak?

holy crap are there extras tacked on, there's distribution fee, hst, debt repayment, to name a few.....for eg, recently my electrical usage was .$16.00 and the distribution fee was $27.00...so that will give you an idea of the amount they are hosing us for.....

in addition, a recent bill i was metered at using 1832 kwh and they "adjusted" the amount to 2001.... ok, how did they come up with that? i used 1832 but they charged me for 2001......

ok, i erred in my rant....i was sure that the peak kwh rate was over a dollar......maybe it was the way they calculate a kwh....let me look into this and i'll get back to you.....

 

[tboy]

ok, here's where it comes from:
on the front of my bill, it states i used an average of 69 kwh per day for 29 days....that's say 70 kwh x 30 or 210.....that's where i made the error, i fucked up multiplying 70 x 20, it should be 2100 not 210 DOH lol

 

[Transient]

Ever check into powering a generator from wood gas? The combustible off gassing from burning wood can be piped into the carburetor and used as fuel. Trucks in Europe were outfitted to utilize wood during WWII. In an area with abundant wood I could see this as a feasible solution for a static situation, such as a generator. I could foresee a lot of filtration necessary, but it is a low cost possibility.

 

[Guido]

That's smart, but I'm not sure how practical it would be.

 

[Transient]

Well it worked for about 500,000 vehicles in Germany during the fuel rationing during the war. Why not for a non-moving application?

 

[Guido]

Imagine the stink the oil companies would create not to mention the environmentalist when the trees start coming down.

 

[Art Mann]

Speaking of trees coming down, here's an interesting take on the "truthfulness" of IKEA's "we love wood" propaganda:

https://sumofus.org/campaigns/ikea/?sub=taf