On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Scott Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: > How do you justify empirical statements like that? > > 1) Solar power is proven technology, it does work. An individual can > take a house almost entirely off the electrical grid with current > technology. > Panels are getting exponentially cheaper as newer thin panels come out > on the market. Solar used to be cost prohibitive it won't be much longer.
Won't be but still is. Once they get Coldfusion working it wont be needed. > Thin panel installation: > http://cleantechnica.com/2008/05/24/a-thin-film-solar-panel-installation/ > > 2) Wind power works, an individual can supplement solar power cheaply > with a roof mounted wind turbine and take a home completely off the grid > > Wind turbine primer: > http://howto.altenergystore.com/Small-Wind-Turbines-Primer/a28/ Absolutely useless, you want to listen to the hum? They don't tend to spin when you need them the most, during the hot days. > 3) electric cars, again they work with performance comparable with gas > powered vehicles You'll have to force people to buy them. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/engineering/article5282698.ece > GoKarts: http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/workshop/4264026.html > Electric X1 vs. Ferrari: > http://news.cnet.com/Second-fastest-sports-car-runs-on-batteries/2100-11389_3-6119237.html > Gas vs, Electric http://www.wral.com/golo/blogpost/2428857/ > > Prices on all of these technologies are coming down rapidly...with more > emphasis being place on R&D by the government, what's not affordable now > will be in a few years. So now the problem is solved? All these things work but Bush banned them and now Obama will allow them? I'm saying we've had solar, wind and electric for a long time and it's not so popular. You seem to think suddenly it solves all our problems. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:283256 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
