I think it is also simultaneously true that most humans are weak and value many nonproductive or counterproductive activities. If the masses were willing to pay more attention to the fact that most homes are fittable with solar tech, we could virtually dump the oil barons and their system of greed and politics.
This may be true, but isn't it productive for any individual to switch to solar only if almost everyone else makes the switch too? Unless it's economically beneficial to that individual regardless of what anybody else does I don't think it's likely to happen, which leads me to my next question...
Personally, I plan to fit any home that I consider "permanent" with enough solar panels to sell enegy back to the grid.
I would like to do this, too, at least in theory. Do you have any experience with this and/or know how long it takes to get back one's initial investment in the solar tech? What about wind power? How much power can one generate, how much does it cost, etc.? Got any recommendations for up-to-date books detailing how to do it?
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Date: 2002-11-21 04:12 pm (UTC)This may be true, but isn't it productive for any individual to switch to solar only if almost everyone else makes the switch too? Unless it's economically beneficial to that individual regardless of what anybody else does I don't think it's likely to happen, which leads me to my next question...
Personally, I plan to fit any home that I consider "permanent" with enough solar panels to sell enegy back to the grid.
I would like to do this, too, at least in theory. Do you have any experience with this and/or know how long it takes to get back one's initial investment in the solar tech? What about wind power? How much power can one generate, how much does it cost, etc.? Got any recommendations for up-to-date books detailing how to do it?