On: The Great German Energy Experiment

[sesqu]

That's exactly what jsilence is saying. Energy from the grid is so incredibly cheap that you're using it without a second thought on things you would never consider doing without a grid. It could go up hundredfold before becoming expensive.

Also, kWh/hour is just a kilowatt.

[larrydag → sesqu]

Here is an explanation of power and energy term confusion from wikipedia... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilowatt_hour#Confusion_of_kilo...

[kleiba → larrydag]

Ironic that you should link to that page, given that your grandparent post contains the phrase "250W per hour or essentially a .25kW-hour".