SM Ling wrote:
>> Unfortunately we do not have big roofs here. In bigger cities like
>> Singapore (or Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, etc), majority of
>> the people live in high-rise buildings. So even if you put Solar
>> panels all over the roofs, it probably is not good enough. ;-)
>
> Staying in a high-rise apartment as you do, I just ordered a solar
> panel off ebay to try to get rid of my "not switching off" sin.  I
> figure the main "conversion" efficiency of my solar charging station
> shall be in cutting the "not switching off" waste.  In SGP, the cost
> of this waste is very expensive, 2nd in the world after London (2005
> data).

Not sure I understand this right.. does the Singapore gov'ment monitor your 
electricity usage, and penalize you for not switching stuff off after a 
certain time?

Or are you talking about the cost of the extra kW-hrs? If so, would you mind 
sharing what the rate is?

Vitaliy 

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