From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Jim Wilkins"  wrote in message news:vqdtqf$3cnfa$1@dont-email.me...   
      
   >This laptop is on grid power because several days of overcast have depleted   
   >my batteries. What's left is for the freezer overnight. I can let the   
   >LiFePO4s stay low but the AGMs may sulfate if not recharged soon.   
      
   Running on alternate energy makes me the power plant engineer, which   
   certainly isn't for everyone. As a kid we had hand-fired coal heat so I'm   
   used to paying attention to the demands of non-automatic energy. I bought an   
   electrically heated house and installed a wood stove that I could feed for   
   free, the cost being my effort to harvest dead trees from across the street.   
   Keeping up was difficult when I was working and attending night school.   
      
   Luckily today has begun sunny. A clear day easily recharges the batteries,   
   hazy or partly cloudy makes that questionable and overcast cuts the output   
   to 10%.   
      
   https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/3802915-ne   
   -england-grapples-with-sky-high-electricity-rates-as-ukraine-war   
   squeezes-gas-supply/   
      
   This winter the rate is still over $0.20 per KWH.   
      
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