On Fri, 04 Jun 2004 14:26:47 -0400, jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
>
>"Mr. Plow" <adam_is_mr_plow@hotmail.com> wrote:
>:>
>:> True, but then you would need to start worrying about the
>:>dollar/KiloWatt-Hour. :-)
>:>
>
>: That's what solar panels are for Jon!!!
>: :D
>
>
> Ok, but then the expense just gets shifted from a monthly fee to
>a large up-front lump sum. Those things don't come cheap! $$$$ :-(
>I know every time I've looked into it, the costs are such that they
>don't start to pay for themselves for many years, and most people
>just don't have access to the funds for such a large up-front expense
>like that (making the only option trying to get a home equity or
>some other type of financing, which of course inflates the overall
>price even more thanks to the interest). Not to mention the added
>problems of somewhat unreliable power (dependant on the sun and
>weather), solar panel space and maintenaince, battery space and
>maintenaince, snow cover in the winter... Unfortunately, there is
>no free lunch. Pay me now, or pay me later - pollute over here or
>pollute over there... :-)
Yeah... If you have massive financial resources, you can easily pull
it off:
http://www.solarwarrior.com/
They've also got several fully electric cars that they charge using
their solar grid:
http://www.adelman.net/cars/cars.html
Of course, that doesn't do a whole heck of a lot in terms of reducing
pollution from the actual electricity generation since all of the
power in their area is hydroelectric anyway. Still, nice to pay the
electric company nothing every month...
-Bill
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