| I ran your figures through a local price comparison engine. [0] Cheapest rate for you here would be ~12800€, or ~$13400/year. For reference, that's slightly less than half the median net income here. [1] I also made a quick price comparison between the US and here: - electricity? US: 0.14€/kWh [2]; here: ~0.30€/kWh [0] - diesel? US: 1.40€/l [3]; here: 2.19€/l [4] - gasoline? US: 1.26€/l [5]; here: 2.39€/l [4] - natural gas? US: 0.44€/m³ [6]; here: 1.16€/m³ [7] My conclusion is the US provide a reference framework of cheap abundant energy. The environmentally conscious have to deal with a framework that stimulates unbridled energy consumption, with hardly any real incentives for conserving energy. [0] https://vtest.vreg.be [1] https://www.vlaanderen.be/statistiek-vlaanderen/inkomen-en-a... [2] https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.ph... [3] https://www.statista.com/statistics/204169/retail-prices-of-... [4] https://carbu.com/belgie/index.php/officieleprijs [5] https://gasprices.aaa.com/state-gas-price-averages/ [6] https://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/hist/n3010us3m.htm [7] https://www.ebem.be/mgt/803697.fil |