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From: Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
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Subject: Re: OT: EV Charging Stations Stripped of Copper Cables
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On 4/07/2024 11:16 pm, john larkin wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Jul 2024 11:10:41 -0000 (UTC), RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 4 Jul 2024 at 10:58:07 BST, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> It isn't even cheaper then.
>>> Some of us have run the numbers...
>>>
>>
>> Care to share ;-)
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>
>> I find it hard to believe that the revenue costs (per unit of electricity) of
>> a wind turbine exceeds those of nuclear.
> 
> 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.

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Bill Sloman,
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