13:35:14	 From  John Hollins : Have a question for Art

13:46:54	 From  William Rees : Any major population correction will  result in local and geopolitical chaos, desperate mobs, property destruction, etc.  Your solution would require relative continuity and socio-cultural stability, would it not?

13:51:58	 From  John Meyer : Art, your home has 15kW of solar PV capacity and this produces roughly double the amount of energy your house and your EVs consume?  I'd guess your 15kW produce maybe 18/20 thousand kWh annually?  Are these figures in the ballpark?  What does the grid pay you for excess power?

13:54:43	 From  Geoff Strong : How much does the constant charging and energy storage of EV battery affect its lifetime?

13:57:32	 From  Raymond Leury : Geoff, that is not a straightforward answer.  Given some established parameters (i.e., low amounts of discharge and batteries at lower charge states), cycles are already sufficent to far exceed what would be required.  There will be an impact, but it should be minimal...and the utility would be expected to pay for the service in return.

13:57:48	 From  John Meyer : Geoff, if you keep charging and discharging at moderate levels (as opposed to fast charging), and keep the charge levels in the 20% to 80%, probably most EV batteries now would barely see this as a source of degradation.  Raymond would be the one to comment.

14:29:24	 From  Peter MacKinnon : What do you see as the opportunity and benefits of scaling microgrids to support large buildings such as hospitals, apartment and condo builds? 

14:51:04	 From  Peter MacKinnon : How do you manage snow and ice loads?

14:52:38	 From  Phil Reilly : 80.2 cents per kwh allowed me to pay off my capital expenditures in about 10 years.  Capital costs of solar equipment have fallen dramatically over the past 12 years so that pay-back times are constant at about 9.5 years.

14:56:58	 From  Mary Hegan : Where can local community go to get Build Microgrid Toolkit and training sessions?  

15:01:53	 From  Peggy Atherton : If there is time I would like to comment

15:05:10	 From  William Rees : I meant to sent this to everyone earlier.  You started by asserting a major population adjustment is inevitable, i.e., massive degrowth.  Yet most of your presentation seems to assume a smooth, rapid transition to a state of business-as-usual-by-alternative means.  In what way does this address today's massive overshoot and the need to greatly reduce overall energy and material throughput and pollution?