At 02:07 PM 10/22/2008, Tracy Pierce wrote:
>to your first reply on this thread...
>
>Why should the government pay for the panels, Shawn?
If they are going to subsidize something as stupid as ethanol, and
offer rebates for putting the panels up, but people don't want
rebates. There is a huge investment structure from the goverment
already to investigate this stuff, in california they are going to
spend some insane amount of money to "battle" global warming. Well,
why don't they just use that money to put solar panels on everything
instead? That will cut a lot of pollution right there, and take a
huge burden off our energy grid.
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Shawn
> > Gordon
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 2:03 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: OT: Alternative energy
> >
> > At 01:50 PM 10/22/2008, Craig Lalley wrote:
> > >--- On Wed, 10/22/08, Hoxsie, Howard <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > My apologies, I didn't intend the $10,000 figure as a
> > > > quote or anything, just a nice round number to use as a starting point.
> > > > I also don't know how many private homes there are in the
> United States.
> > > >
> > >*******************************
> > >
> > >The challenge today, is that the solar panels used on homes are only
> > >about 17% efficient. If we could double, triple, or more the
> > >efficiency, AND reduce the cost... then a solution can be had.
> >
> > yea, my whole beef has been the efficiency factor. I want to get
> > some panel for my camper and trickle charge the battery while dry
> > camping. There are companies coming up with more and more effecient
> > methods, but the key is the ability to cheaply mass produce.
> >
> >
> > >I believe the soaring cost of energy is definitely motivating a lot
> > >of people. I also believe that people's complete lack of faith in
> > >our government to do anything helpful in any area is also pushing
> > >the progress as well.
> > >
> > >-Craig
> > >
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> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Shawn Gordon
> > President
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Regards,
Shawn Gordon
President
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