The power company around here had some kind of deal going where they paid like half of the price to install solar panels on your roof, in return they got any electric that you didn't use.
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PyRo, they have that same system here where I live.
I know a few people that have had that same thing done, I guess it drastically reduces your electricity bill. I might think about doing it at some point.
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I was just about to say that...Originally posted by Miscue
No such thing as perpetual motion machine... although the patent office has them on file.Comment
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Perpetual motion = slinky on an escalatorComment
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Nope
You have to provide the energy to run the escalator.Originally posted by Jonneh
Perpetual motion = slinky on an escalator
Therefore: Not perpetual motion.
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Be careful and do all the math first. The reduction in paid electricity from the grid and electricity the grid pays you for may only ofset the cost of maintaining the system. Actual payback wen the system has been paid for may be several years down the road.Originally posted by FragTek
I guess it drastically reduces your electricity bill. I might think about doing it at some point.
Far better than solar is wind or hydro power. But then you have to be in the right location and properly evaluate the energy potential correctly before proceeding with a system installation.Comment
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Originally posted by edweird
Unfortunatly all the power that could possibly be harnessed to do good things via Solar and Windpowered souces goes to fuel your need to postwhore. So Um your wrong again.
Holy crap, I got a good laugh outta that!
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When they figure out that windmill farms aren't the answer they thought they were, GTE will get a lot more development as it should.Originally posted by Miscue
It's too bad we haven't figured out how to really make use of geothermal energy.
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Damn, I need to try that sometimeOriginally posted by Jonneh
Perpetual motion = slinky on an escalator
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satan gets top billing, come on what did he ever do to you???Originally posted by edweird
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In Oneonta or on the Island? My friend has a nice little solar aray on his roof but I'm pretty sure their for his pool.Originally posted by PyRo
The power company around here had some kind of deal going where they paid like half of the price to install solar panels on your roof, in return they got any electric that you didn't use.
Anyhow wow, your in Glen Cove, ha im in Port Washington. Whatcha shoot? Maybe i've seen ya
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OA? THe deal was on long island through LIPA I don't know if its still going though.Comment
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Too bad you lose energy as heat. It doesn't work that way, nothing has 100% efficiency, NOTHING.. Comment
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Inform me a bit here, I'm not really aware of 'maintenence' for solar panals. And if you use them enough, or good enough quality ones, you can sell the power back to the company.Originally posted by SlartyBartFast
Be careful and do all the math first. The reduction in paid electricity from the grid and electricity the grid pays you for may only ofset the cost of maintaining the system. Actual payback wen the system has been paid for may be several years down the road.
Far better than solar is wind or hydro power. But then you have to be in the right location and properly evaluate the energy potential correctly before proceeding with a system installation.
Wind power=bad. Takes up a lot of space, bad for the environment. Just a rumor I've heard, but if the right political changes were made, the whole country could be made to run off of solar power with the available technology today.
And certainly, however high the cost of solar panal maintenance, the cost of wind power and hydro power (with moving/wear parts) should be a lot higher.
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Solar`s cost is all in the initial investment. Not cheap and you need HUGE panels to get useful levels of energy.Originally posted by MrWallen
Inform me a bit here, I'm not really aware of 'maintenence' for solar panals. And if you use them enough, or good enough quality ones, you can sell the power back to the company.
Wind power=bad. Takes up a lot of space, bad for the environment. Just a rumor I've heard, but if the right political changes were made, the whole country could be made to run off of solar power with the available technology today.
And certainly, however high the cost of solar panal maintenance, the cost of wind power and hydro power (with moving/wear parts) should be a lot higher.
My comment on maintenance costs was as much for wind and hydro as for solar.
How is Wind power bad for the environment?
I truly doubt that a significant portion of the energy demands could be met with solar. It requires HUGE installations in very sunny places to make a solar power station capable of generating interesting levels of power.Comment
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