Reply To: The North Atlantic Current

[Phil’s Dad]

Brian H wrote: $Q is the overhead costs allocated on a per-pulse basis; lessee:
330 p/s x 60 sec. x 60 min x 24 hr. x 180 days-between-servicings = ~5 billion pulses. Each pulse is worth (¼¢x(5,000kw/pulse)/(330x60x60) = $0.00001. 5bn pulses are worth $50,000. Estimated overheads&amortization per half year are ~ $25,000. $Q is ~2.0. But the “background” power price is around 9¢/kwh (what FF would be replacing), so that 2.0 can be multiplied by ((9 / ¼)=36) = 72. So until “costly” power is entirely supplanted, that would be the payoff ratio ($Q) for putting up new FF generators.

:cheese: :coolgrin: 😆

So, on the assumption that to begin with electricity would be charged at the current rate, early adopters would see break even in 2.5 days! They’ll be $Qing round the block. 🙂