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Originally posted by Torrere
One person in the class, however, was part of a family which had been off the grid, generating their own power for the past twenty years. ... They had spent way less money, the initial investment had been recovered loong ago. And the initial investment for them, twenty years ago, was vastly more than it is now.
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If that were true, then local power generation would be standard everywhere. Even a limited, small electric backup system (for but a few appliances) costs more than cost of electricity for everything in the house.
How does local generation get so cheap? You only have limited electricity. You get used to the noise and odors. Many things we take for granted become rationed.
Try running a 6000 watt generator all day on gasoline. Gasoline alone costs more than daily utility power. Then there is the time and messy effort to get gas and to refill the generator. Even telco switching facilities that have full on-site backup power instead use utility power - because utility is so much cheaper. Even though they have fully paid for their building wide electric generation systems, the utility power is still cheaper.
No numbers and facts that fly in direct contradiction to existing systems is why I quickly doubt. I would have to see their numbers. His numbers could easily be distorted to confuse school kids. If his numbers were correct, then telco and railroads would all generate their own power.