The authors of the WSJ piece define âslipstreamâ fiction as being âthe new weirdâ because it âborrowsâ from science fiction, fantasy or horror, to âsurpriseâ readers who arenât expecting such things in their allegedly normal fiction.
Multiply the kilowatt-hours used per day times the electricity rate charged by the power company. If you use 10 kilowatt-hours daily and the highest-tier rate you pay is 20 cents, the air conditioner costs $2.00 per day, or about $60 per month.
1 Smaller homes that are less than 1,200 square feet, the air conditioner can be within the $400 to $1,500 price range. 2  Room air conditioners, usually placed in a window and do not require installation, can cost $400 to $650 while split type air conditioners can be purchased for anywhere from $550 to $5,000. An air conditioning unit is capable of providing cold air to different sized rooms, and this depends on the capacity of the air conditioner; the higher power output the unit has, the more expensive it will be. 2  On average, an air conditioning unit can cost anywhere from $400 to as much as $5,000.