How should net metering affect your electric bill?

Post by appletrotter » Tue, Feb 15, 2022, 9:23 PM UTC

brnt wrote: post #215

appletrotter wrote: post #185

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Maybe it does sometimes though? Speaking of the great lakes, if you live in the region it doesn’t take you very long to drive out of the watershed for your respective lake. That should be where the bounds of effect end, and that entire region will generally have plenty of water. For example, Ohio has two watersheds, one for the lake up north and another for the Ohio river which takes up 2/3 of the state. Excess water…

Waterpipes have been known to cross watershed boundaries. Or am I missing your point?

That using water within a watershed is fine. Piping out water is different.

Post by plufz » Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 5:37 PM UTC

nitrogen wrote: post #279

halpert wrote: post #265

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But why conserve? If they find a use for that excess power then they could better their life or the lives of others.

Yes, exactly this. Iff there is more than enough free solar (or nuclear) energy, then our goal should be to maximize energy used per capita and minimize energy only for specific activities, because energy is a proxy for utility.

But isn’t that extremely far from current reality? I mean is there really free energy? And even solar, wind and nuclear is not without environmental and economical impact. Shouldn’t we focus on trying to optimize our energy use and to try to do as much utility as possible with as little energy as possible?

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