Re:Tesla Q1 2021 Results
by feifan on Monday April 26, 2021 @08:21PM
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Same reason you have heating units in your house/building rather than at a municipal heating plant … people want to buy self-sufficiency for their house/building, and it's easier than scoping/building large-scale projects and running wires and dealing with municipalities.
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self-sufficiency has a cost, hence my "economic" question. Also, steam transmission is way less efficient than electricity transmission.
It does appear people are willing to pay those costs :)
Also, electricity transmission appears to be much more expensive than generation. On my PG&E bills in California, delivery costs 2.5x as much per kWh as generation for 100% renewable power.