On 2013-11-18 22:24, William "Chops" Westfield wrote:
> On Nov 15, 2013, at 1:55 PM, RussellMc wrote:
>
>> a tea light would provide perhaps 500 Watt-hours
>
> Sounds about right (order of magnitude-wise.)  Another source I found
> said that an average candle puts out about 80W, and a tea light
> probably burns for a couple of hours (?)  Note that electricity in=20
> the
> US is about $0.20/kWh, so if the tea-lights cost $0.04 each (as some
> articles claim), the costs are going to be pretty comparable as well.
>
> It's fascinating (in a not so good way) that there are all these
> efforts (like Russell's) to replace "dirty and dangerous" fuels like
> kerosene in 3rd world countries, and now we have first-world efforts
> to bring them back :-(
>
> BillW

Do note that the cost of electricity across the US varies considerably.=20
Here in the Seattle, WA area it is about $0.09/kWh for residential=20
customers.

-Pete
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