The costs are high, the last number I got which wasn't a formal quote was 15k for equipment and installation. If the gov't was really serious about alternative power there would be grants or tax benefits for installing these setups.
D -----Original Message----- From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 12:48 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Another Rant yes, I am interestedin that also (well... solar...) tho the upfront costs are scaring me off for now. On 2/7/07, Duane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > And for all of us on the list, what do you drive? > > I have a 2003 Ford F150 SuperCrew (V8) and a 2000 Ford Mustang (V6). While > neither are particularly good on gas, although surprisingly the Mustang > gets > around 25-27MPG, neither is much of a pollutant as I drive a max of > 200-300 > miles a month. My vehicles get only occasional usage, the usual weekend > stuff, and errands. > > One thing I am starting to look into though is wind generated power. My > house faces the ocean and has a clear unobstructed path to the Atlantic so > the wind gets pretty intense here at times. A guy in a neighboring > community > put up a windmill and generated 3x his needs to run his house. The local > power company will pay a reduced rate for KW sent down the line to them. > It > would be really nice not to pay that $200/month bill and actually get a > check from them once and a while :) > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:227207 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
