I installed a wood burning insert into our fireplace. It has a large glass door so you can still see the flames for ambiance. It is 70% efficient, using a blower to circulate heat and is designed to reignite smoke to reduce particulates. I gather wood locally from trees my neighbors cut down after summer storms.

So I can heat the house in the event of a power outage. I also have an inverter so I can use my prius as a generator to run the blower, router, wifi.

So... recharge at work? Even 110V trickle charge would be able to provide you with the few extra miles you "need".

Yes, the united states has a long history of encouraging petroleum extraction.

Currently the industry get $4B per year in tax credits specifically designed for oil companies.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/business/04bptax.html?pagewanted=all

Have you been to a non-electrified camping ground that allows RVs? People who drive huge vehicles towing huge campers and sometimes an extra vehicle, ATV or boat achieving a paltry 8-13mpg have absolutely no qualms about breaking out the gasoline generators.

They can't leave the comforts of home behind, including the noise and smog.

Can you move to Wisconsin and run for governor?

I live in Wisconsin where solar power is not great, but because costs have come down it is now close to being cost effective and I was looking at buying a system that would effectively cut my costs in half for 15-16k after tax credits. But after reviewing my house east/west facing rooftop and several nearby trees my solar potential was unfortunately deemed to be poor.
http://madisungroup.wordpress.com/howitworks/

SRP does allow you to switch to Time of Day pricing so you could offset your air conditioning costs and then only draw electricity at the off peak rates. They also have installation incentives and there may be state/federal tax credits.

Fuck you. Seriously. The downfall of my country is not just another dysfunctional reality show.

By the way how is the weather there? Cost of living? Employment opportunities? Government Corruption? I could really use a change of pace.

Because electric cars can (and should) be charged at night, they do not add to peak loads. Excess nighttime capacity will be sufficient to charge electric vehicles for quite some time. Additional renewable resources such as wind power will help to bolder nighttime grid capacity.

"It’s estimated that 75 percent of the 250 million vehicles on our highways could be charged at night on the current electric grid – without any new power plants"
http://goelectricdrive.com/GetStarted/Top10Questions.aspx

Good luck buying gas for only $4 a gallon in 10 years.

Also many utilities will allow you to switch to time of day billing and charge at off peak rates. My utility charges only 6.5 cents per kWh off peak.

You are correct. I have a reservation for a leaf and the last time I went to cracker barrel was over 10 years ago.

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Pumped Water storage is 80% efficient, energy stored only depends on the reservoir size. Molten salt solar concentrators can be designed to provide power around the clock.

But the great thing about solar is that it's production curve is very similar to our electrical demand curve. Which means that expensive solar plants can replace expensive fossil fuel peaker plants.

9 out of 10 iphone users don't know how to lock their phones or have never bothered to setup a passcode.