On Sat, 18 Jul 2020 14:41:44 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
> wrote:

>On Saturday, July 18, 2020 at 9:12:46 AM UTC-10, jay wrote:

>> I see acres of solar arrays in areas that I travel. They are NOT a
>> thing of the future. Guarantee you they are not only powering small
>> calculators and toothbrushes. Same for wind turbines. You may not see
>> many around your house though. Transmission lines have been here on this
>> earth for a long time and they can transmit energy regardless of source
>> of such energy.
>
>I don't know how things are on the mainland, but solar panels are pretty much a thing of the present on this rock where electricity is about 35 cents/kWh.

That's amazing. Just about everything is more expensive in Australia
than in the US and, probably, Europe. But our kWh price is quite a bit
lower than yours. Solar panels all the way in Hawaii.