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Been 30 min, assuming he isn't gonna answer.

M1 garand has rifling at 1 twist/10", and a muzzle velocity of 2800 fps, "muzzle spin" of 3360 rotations/second. So the washing machine would have to be rotating at 3360 rot/sec in the opposite direction.

(yes, I hang out at /r/TheyDidTheMath .)

I have a single actual data point- a friend of mine put in solar for just under $3.00/watt actual cost [before the 30% rebate] and he's in Nevada. here is another example of about that price, so it's plausible. The cells are just getting cheaper.

We figure fixed cells will give about a 30% capacity factor there, and his avoided cost is about $0.10/kWh. He's losing about 10% of the potential power because of heat [he sprayed down the panels with a garden hose to see how much more power he'd get.] So if we figure 2500 kWh/kW-year he's making $250/year/kW .

12 year payback not counting any rebates from federal, state, or power company.

(He's planning on changing the latitude angle two to four times a year, and washing them once or twice a month.)

Edited to add: Nevada really IS about the best place there is to put solar, and England is one of the worst. Right tool for the right job.

Do you have an exact definition of the goal you achieved?

Your units hurt my brain. I know why you did it, but that still doesn't make it right.

IAMNOTA published author, but I'm told "I have this great idea, you should do 100% of the work for 50% of the money" is pretty much the least popular thing you can say to an author.

Any given author usually has about fifteen ideas they have no time to work on; see also here for two "lame" ideas that an author turned into a six-book series. Note that is about half his output, or half his working hours, over five years.