XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: gossg@gossg.org   
      
   Greg Goss  wrote:   
      
   >>$27/kWh is the cost of the electrolyte, that is (part of) the capital   
   >>cost.  $0.0025/kWh is the operating cost as proposed by the interviewee.   
   >   
   >units.  Units.  UNITS!!!   
   >   
   >Something's wrong here.  The capital cost would be expressed in   
   >dollars per kilowatt.  The production cost would be expressed in   
   >dollars per kilowatt-hour.   
   >   
   >Expressing the capital cost in kilowatt hours implies that it can only   
   >produce that energy ONCE, like the old carbon-zinc batteries.   
      
   Withdrawn.  Kw-h is the correct unit for stored energy, as opposed to   
   energy production.   
   --   
   We are geeks.  Resistance is voltage over current.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)