Diesel is NEVER cheaper than the grid? I'll argue that-it depends on quantity of electricity used, weather you're hooked on to an existing service or independent service and if you have a use for the incidental heat you produce. For a shop on a separate service, look at your bill, you pay a meter charge even if you don't use electricity,and problem some state fees to pay for electricity for folks that can't afford it. Take you total Kilowatts used and divide it by actual amount you have to pay. Be prepared to be surprised. If you're on the same service with your house look and see if you're an ON PEAK/OFF PEAK customer, if so you might be paying .15-.16 a KW for power you are using on peak, add on taxes apportion the meter charge and government fees and don't be surprised if you're close to $.20/KW. If you have a reasonably efficient generator and are heating the shop with the waste heat I'm guessing you're pretty darn close. Many of the Amish have diesel powered shops but they often run the generator and a common shaft off of the same engine and grab up the cooling water for heat.
I'm all for everyone getting off the grid, UNTIL the folks in your local state house figure out you're not paying taxes and fees on your electricity giving them the right to butt into your business and start telling you what to do. Why do you think the head genius in Washington is talking cap and trade on carbon emissions? So they can stick there noises into your business, come on to your property tell you what to do AND hold their hand out and demand you fill it with money. It also give them a reason to figure out why you're using so much power, how much power you're using and send their nephew I.R Service over to grab his share of your money you made with that power.
Solar and wind might help you but unless you have some way to store it it's going to limit when you can work in the shop. Hmm tractor is broken, I have hay down but I won't have power to work on it until tomorrow AM when the sun comes back up (and I should be out baling hay), that' not sustainable.
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