Easy Way to get Free Electricity for mining

[Merralea]

You guys are silly [[solar panels]]

This. If you're going to blow $20K, at least do it on something that you won't have to fuck with every day.
Would take years to pay for itself, though.

[AmpEater]

This. If you're going to blow $20K, at least do it on something that you won't have to fuck with every day.
Would take years to pay for itself, though.

How much electricity do you have to buy from the power co before they give you the rest for free?

[Merralea]

This. If you're going to blow $20K, at least do it on something that you won't have to fuck with every day.
Would take years to pay for itself, though.

How much electricity do you have to buy from the power co before they give you the rest for free?

...sorry, not sure what you mean by this.

[01BTC10]

[Aseras]

This. If you're going to blow $20K, at least do it on something that you won't have to fuck with every day.
Would take years to pay for itself, though.

How much electricity do you have to buy from the power co before they give you the rest for free?

If you have solar or a wind turbine some other ability to generate "clean power" the energy companies in the US are required to buy your power at the highest rate available. They have to pick you over any other provider too. They have to install a meter and the equipment to regulate it for free. The meter runs backwards when you are generating and forwards when you aren't. If you have a surplus they credit you or cut you a check.

/ I have several neighbors with solar power who have <$20 electric bills year round.

[bowen151]

This. If you're going to blow $20K, at least do it on something that you won't have to fuck with every day.
Would take years to pay for itself, though.

How much electricity do you have to buy from the power co before they give you the rest for free?

Id guess around 51% of the company.

haha I have figured this bitch out. Check out my new miner running off free electric.

Feast your eyebags on this:

[KWH]

Hmmmm....seems legit.

[veteranBtc]

wouldn't it be easier to run an extension cord to your neighbor's house?

That is what i call "the best solution" 

[glitch003]

Batteries in a flatbed?  Come on, just turn the car into one big mining rig and hang out at the charging station all day!

[niko]

OP, here is an idea you could take a careful step further. It is absolutely lined up with your way of thinking.

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (myFOXDetroit.com) -

It was a gruesome scene at St. Martin's and Sunderland on Detroit's west side - a man on fire was caught dangling from a utility pole.

Neighbors spotted the man climbing up the pole around midnight. They shouted to him, asking him what he was doing. They say he didn't answer and shortly after that is when he caught on fire. 

The 52-year-old man was allegedly trying to steal electricity for a squatter staying at a nearby home. He was killed in the process and we're told part of the utility pole did have to be removed to retrieve the body.

[Merralea]

OP, here is an idea you could take a careful step further. It is absolutely lined up with your way of thinking.

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (myFOXDetroit.com) -

It was a gruesome scene at St. Martin's and Sunderland on Detroit's west side - a man on fire was caught dangling from a utility pole.

Neighbors spotted the man climbing up the pole around midnight. They shouted to him, asking him what he was doing. They say he didn't answer and shortly after that is when he caught on fire. 

The 52-year-old man was allegedly trying to steal electricity for a squatter staying at a nearby home. He was killed in the process and we're told part of the utility pole did have to be removed to retrieve the body.

I love it when problems solve themselves.

[Gator-hex]

In the UK we used to have free solar schemes,

You rented your roof to someone who installs solar panels on it, and they let you use as much as you want, while selling any left over to the grid.

Sadly the new government austerity measures have reduced the profitability of solar investment schemes like this... they were working too well!

Now they've turned it into a bank loan scheme to save the fractional reserve debt note system.   (just like student loans)

[Cranky4u]

220W panel + 300W turbine into 24VDC dual car battery bank and back out via a 200W UPS for consumption by a 90W laptop and several FPGAs (soon to be ASICs).

Break even on the panel & turbine in 3 months. UPS from ebay for $2 (2nd hand). FPGA / ASICs <6 mths to break even.

All up, after <9 mths it owes you nothing and just gives cash 

[niko]

220W panel + 300W turbine into 24VDC dual car battery bank and back out via a 200W UPS for consumption by a 90W laptop and several FPGAs (soon to be ASICs).

Break even on the panel & turbine in 3 months. UPS from ebay for $2 (2nd hand). FPGA / ASICs <6 mths to break even.

All up, after <9 mths it owes you nothing and just gives cash you headaches  

FTFY

[byronbb]

The electricity isn't free because you're still getting it from the plug you numpty, it's like these environmentalists who claim that sort of thing is wonderful despite it coming from YEP coal! Which shows you just how much they really give a fuck about their precious planet.

Makes more sense for one giant engine, to power all the cars, than each car power itself.

[Fuzzy]

1. Start a Gym
2. Hook all machines up to generators
3. Offer lowest gym membership in town, and stay open 24/7
4. Profit!

[Tamerz]

The electricity isn't free because you're still getting it from the plug you numpty, it's like these environmentalists who claim that sort of thing is wonderful despite it coming from YEP coal! Which shows you just how much they really give a fuck about their precious planet.

You do realize that the power plant is significantly more efficient than a bunch of car engines right? Yes, you are still using fossil fuel, but you are using significantly less.

[Evan]

I've never been a big fan of hybrid or electric vehicles. Sure, they use less gasoline, but there are many many hidden environmental costs.

For example, how many chemicals are needed to create those giant batteries that they use? How much more do they cost to make, compared to a subcompact economy car? How long do they last? What is the total carbon footprint? In other words, how much gasoline does it take to make a hybrid car?

If you look at all the inputs and outputs, hybrid cars are basically a con. There is no way that they can ever compete with a Ford Focus or a Chevy Aveo. Heck, a V6 Mercedes Benz Diesel probably has better total life cycle fuel efficiency.

And apparently, the Toyota Prius could even be worse for the environment than the dreaded Hummer.

That's a pretty bold statement... , but putting forward some interesting data:

    A Prius has a life span of 100,000 miles.
    A Hummer has a life span of 300,000 miles.
    Over its lifetime, a Prius costs $3.25 per mile driven.
    In contrast, the Hummer costs $1.95 per mile driven, and
    The Toyota Scion xB costs $0.48 per mile driven.
    The original fuel economy estimates for Hybrids were inflated 30% by the EPA.
    One of the Prius's battery factories causes so much environmental damage that NASA uses the lifeless land nearby to simulate moon landings.

[Grover]

I've never been a big fan of hybrid or electric vehicles. Sure, they use less gasoline, but there are many many hidden environmental costs.

For example, how many chemicals are needed to create those giant batteries that they use? How much more do they cost to make, compared to a subcompact economy car? How long do they last? What is the total carbon footprint? In other words, how much gasoline does it take to make a hybrid car?

If you look at all the inputs and outputs, hybrid cars are basically a con. There is no way that they can ever compete with a Ford Focus or a Chevy Aveo. Heck, a V6 Mercedes Benz Diesel probably has better total life cycle fuel efficiency.

And apparently, the Toyota Prius could even be worse for the environment than the dreaded Hummer.

That's a pretty bold statement... , but putting forward some interesting data:

    A Prius has a life span of 100,000 miles.
    A Hummer has a life span of 300,000 miles.
    Over its lifetime, a Prius costs $3.25 per mile driven.
    In contrast, the Hummer costs $1.95 per mile driven, and
    The Toyota Scion xB costs $0.48 per mile driven.
    The original fuel economy estimates for Hybrids were inflated 30% by the EPA.
    One of the Prius's battery factories causes so much environmental damage that NASA uses the lifeless land nearby to simulate moon landings.

Great points.  The EPA is a sham.  They don't even use blended gasoline for fuel estimates, they use a special ultra refined pure gasoline blend for tests.

Still with the plugin hybrid you can get someone else, the taxpayer, to pay for charging your vehicle, thus your mining rig.

[Richy_T]

Sadly the new government austerity measures have reduced the profitability of solar investment schemes like this... they were working too well!

If they were working well, they wouldn't need funds extorted from the taxpayer to keep going.