My sister and her husband have a house with about 2500 square feet and all of
the usual televisions, refrigerators, airconditioner, etc. They bought
electric panels for their roof that will generate almost their average
electrical usage. I think they said the panels cost about $8,000. They expect
to pay for the cost of the panels in 5 or 6 years.
> But the nuclear plant is probably more than a couple of thousand times more
> expensive to start off with. I think you also have to consider the
> de-commissioning cost of the Nuclear power plant.
>
> In the UK you can get a wind turbine that will meet the need of a
> household's electric though I guess to be self sufficient you'd want solar
> panels
> as well.
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