Re: Solar power

[Dam Son <son@fermi.phys.washington.edu>]

On Wed, 26 Mar 1997, Aiviet Nguyen wrote:

> My russian iron has the power 1,200 Watt.
> The power of an electric station should be measured in kW. So I think
> that was 1,200KW. It is still not that big but maybe worth to talk to at all.
> Aiviet

I don't think for a mere $11,000 (120 mil VND) you can built an electric
station of 1,200kW.  It is simply too cheap.  With the price of, say, 
4 cents for 1 kWh, this station would recover its cost during the first 
10 days of operation. 

If the power of the station is 1,200W, it can serve a maximum of
20 families, assuming each of them has only one 60W electric bulb. 
Also, two families cannot iron simultaniously.  Hm...

Son.