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The Involved vs. The Apathetic -- odds anyone?

ctyankee

First I should state that I'm encouraged by all the visitors here and I appreciate every Watt of power that's conserved, instead of wasted! But I've gotta ask...

Where is everyone else? Are the rest of the people really that disconnected? Do they just not care? Do the simply not understand?

I'm simply running out of steam to continue the fight. Somebody, please come tag my out. Is there anyone out there that knows someone that's willing to take the plunge and invest in the technology?

I'm hoping to find an interested & active partner with the foresight & comprehension to recognize the inevitable need for massive solar power infrastructure.

Perhaps most folks are just content to handover an ever increasing portion of their hard earned $$$ for the luxury of electric power. If that's the case perhaps a representative of that silent majority would be so kind to stand up and tell me why the cost of energy is so unimportant?

Thanks for reading my ramble!

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Submitted by ctyankee on Wed, 05/07/2008 - 13:33.

athena
Re: The Involved vs. The Apathetic -- odds anyone?

Frank

At present individuals do not produce their own energy. They pay a company to make the stuff and they buy a share of it.

Stop looking for a personal solution and get your whole neighbourhood to buy one of ct's solar thermal systems. Maybe he will tell you how much he would charge to set up a community generating plant.

I've asked several times but he just ignors me.


Thu, 05/08/2008 - 17:23

ctyankee
Re: The Involved vs. The Apathetic -- odds anyone?

<shocked noises>  Whaddya mean???  I don't ignore you :^) 

 All I've ever said is that we can do systems for ~$3/Watt and deliver energy for $90/MWh.

 As much as PV has been commoditized at ~$10/W & $350/MW, we've got it beat by 3:1 to 4:1 on the price/performance chart.

 All you have to tell me is how much power you need (Watts peak) and you can compute the cost directly.  How much land or roof you've got available, may limit the available power you to less than you want, but we'll gladly cover as much as we're allowed to.


Fri, 05/09/2008 - 09:56

frc26usa
Re: The Involved vs. The Apathetic -- odds anyone?

I here ya.

 

Crude oil tops $123 and will mostly likely continue to climb with ease. The oil execs stay rich and us regular folks get squeezed, thereby paying more for EVERYTHING. I just traded in "THE BEAST", my Ford Expedition(12mpg) for a Saturn(25mpg) and have every light in my house using cfls and solar lights outside. I want to take the next step and generate some of my own energy. What I would really like to see are energy making devices like solar panels and wind turbines to drop in price or at least be reasonably priced enough that the average Joe can invest in producing his own energy. A system like what PACWIND makes is great but at $4,000, it's financially not that easy to just run out and buy one. Now imagine if a company could create a system for $400. That's a price range that I think lots more average Joes would really go for. I believe there's lots of demand and interest to make a change that will make things greener for both the environment and the wallet. I would just hope that industries can make their alternative energy equipment more reasonably priced. Excuse me for my rant..

 

Frank


Wed, 05/07/2008 - 19:54