To say that Al Gore’s film was propaganda and then go and post a link to S. Fred Singer and copy the text from that link and basically quote it as scientific fact when Singer is being paid by “Big Oil” is ridiculous.
I wasn’t the one that pasted the Al Gore information, at least I don’t think I was.
I will check out the above link, thanks.
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im thinking of going solar energy for my house as well. the price tag is really high and im stil not 100% sure about the storage capacity (especially since ill be running an office with render farm in my house)
Hrmm.. does Barbados offer a solar grant program? That would certainly help defray your cost to an extent. Storage? Looking to have an emergency backup system? Otherwise you can probably put the electricity you don’t use onto the grid during the day and use the credit from your supplier at night; depending on how they operate.
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Again, I didn’t write that, but cut/pasted from the on-line article. I will edit the original message and just leave the link…
I’m not saying you did write that. But you said “I wasn’t the one that pasted the Al Gore information” and I was just pointing out that you did.
actually i want to more or less go independant. with a render farm and a recording studio i doubt i would have much to put back into the grid
Id like to see more use of solar power and wind farms in the uk although I think a lot of people here need a big wake up call. A lady I know, who is a headmistress from the beautiful city of Hull commented that windfarms should not be built because they are ugly. That mentality needs addressing first off. Recycling still isnt embraced by the masses over here yet, for us kiwis and i know canadians are the same simple stuff like that is part of what makes us proud of where we come from.
Same issues here in the States. Damn NIMBYs.. Not In My Back Yard. People’ll agree that we need to start using more renewable energy sources, they just want it.. over there..
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Our Architects don’t seem to be to concerned, but feel they have to meet the publics needs. You see build green everywhere and clients are starting to ask. We lost a job last month because one of our competitors are basing their work model on sustainable design. It has almost a cult following. This competitor has these water barrels outside of their offices that collect downspout water. The are marketing them for $100, yet they are made of plastic. I was watching a TV show and this family built a green house and was showing off their bamboo floor, which they had shipped over on a boat from some exotic place… how much energy did that boat use… are we getting to political?
This drives me totally insane because here in Crapsville CA it is sunny for most of the year. It is going to be over 100 degrees here today and not a cloud in the sky and we may not see a single cloud for another 2 months. Every m#$#$%F%^ing house should have solar panels on it. It only makes sense. I looked into solar panels for my house over $30,000 to put them on! This is not a functional equation. My electrical bill is over $300 in the summer mostly for ac. In the cooler months it goes down to under $100. There are so many new homes being built still in this area but NONE of them have solar panels.
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They are pretty unsightly. I was reading an article about shingles that are actually solar panels.
Tell you what… when our temperature up here in upper Minnesota is 60 below for a month with 6’ of snow I question global warming.
Tell you what… when our temperature up here in upper Minnesota is 60 below for a month with 6’ of snow I question global warming.
Just because it isn’t happening in your backyard doesn’t make it not true. Your area of the globe may be hit last. But what about those hit first or far worse than yourself? I’m sorry but I think that is just the attitude I alluded to in my post and the kind that will end up being the most damaging to the Human race and the Earth. Everybody needs to forget about “I” and start thinking “we” or “us” beginning with our governments (or most of them)
I would love to have solar panels on our house. In Germany around 20% of their total grid is supplied by solar powered energy. This stat was from a documentary I just saw about solar energy. I don’t remember the name off the top of my head.
For those interested, there are also solar panels coming out that are called thin film solar panels invented by a gentleman in California. They are flexible sheets that stick to metal roofs and then you plug them into your inverter and off you go. The inventor was in the movie “Death of the Electric Car” and showed the panels off in the movie. 