They are making solar panels now that look like roofing, so they are even more eye-friendly now.
As Gil was saying, they have a roughly 9 year payback. Over the life of the panels, usually 25 years, that's almost a 5%, compounded monthly, investment that's tax-free and guaranteed. And if the price of electric goes up or the panels last longer, it will be an even better investment. I also like looking at windmills and don't find them to be an eyesore at all. And, of course, they generate electricity even when it's night time. --- Kristyne McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Larry, > > > Actually they quietly spin and generate > electricity. I saw a > > bunch of them in Holland about twenty years ago, > set up along > > the coast. They didn't bother anyone and just did > their job. > > I live in an area where wind turbines are blocked, > but there is a waiver > process and people can in fact put windmills on > their property once the > location and type has been approved. There are > several neighbors with > windmills right now. > > The big wind farm near Palm Springs generates quite > a bit of power. I don't > see the turbines as an eyesore. I sometimes just > watch them turn in the > wind. They can be quite graceful in a way. > > The neighbors don't like to look at solar panels > either, but we all work > through the approval process and get them anyway. It > is a matter of give and > take. > > What is needed is for all of us to get used to the > "new" reality and make > judicious use of solar, wind, thermal, nuclear, > coal, and fossil fuels. I am > an environmentalist that believes the final solution > to the energy crunch > will be for each of us to be generating power and > feeding it into the grid. > > We're going to have to give up the idea that power > will be generated > somewhere else far away where we don't have to see > it, and get used to the > idea it will be generated right in our own back > yards. > > Kristyne McDaniel > http://www.shamrocktrails.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: > http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, > are the opinions of the author, and do not > constitute legal or medical advice. This statement > is added to the messages for those lawyers who are > too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
