Re: OT: EV Charging Stations Stripped of Copper Cables

On 4/07/2024 11:16 pm, john larkin wrote:

On Thu, 4 Jul 2024 11:10:41 -0000 (UTC), RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com>
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On 4 Jul 2024 at 10:58:07 BST, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
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On 04/07/2024 10:06, alan_m wrote:

Another half truth by the industry. It's only cheaper when it works and
if you ignore the backup required for when it doesn't and the extra
infrastructure costs required to distribute it.

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It isn't even cheaper then.
Some of us have run the numbers...
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Care to share ;-)
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Per gigawatt a wind turbine is cheaper than a nuclear power station but
that ignores
- the shorter lifetime of the windmill
- the capacity factor of the windmill
- the massive maintenance cost associated with a windmill.
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I find it hard to believe that the revenue costs (per unit of electricity) of
a wind turbine exceeds those of nuclear.

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What do you mean by "unit of electricity" ?

 Kilowatt.hours and MegaWatt.hours seem to be popular. Alan m doesn't seem to be all that technical.