This afternoon, in Kansas, the electric company paid us to run our farm off a diesel generator for 3 hours to reduce the load on the grid. Even though fuel pri

This afternoon, in Kansas, the electric company paid us to run our farm off a diesel generator for 3 hours to reduce the load on the grid. Even though fuel price is high, and a 80kw generator isn't nearly as efficient as the utility company's generators, they still pay enough to make it easily worth it. Including the cost of the generator, which we need anyways. The electric company could pay enough to more than cover the battery cycle expense. Plus, if Li-ion are at all similar in this to lead-acid, a deep cycle is many many times more destructive than a shallow cycle.