Re: [Biofuel] Solar panels may cost all households

2013-04-02 Thread Doug
Yikes! There have also been rumours in Australia that households could be charged for ´service availability´, where you would be charged even if you go off grid. Hopefully it will remain a rumour There is a Solar Company here in Lismore that is using LiPo cells to cut the draw at peak

Re: [Biofuel] Solar panels may cost all households

2013-04-02 Thread Tony
Hi Doug Some 10 years ago here in the West ( 100km N/E of Perth) when the Shire was Putting in Deep sewage down my street I said I didnt want it I would rather have a Clivus Multrim Composting Toilet and Grey water system the Response was it is GOING PAST YOUR PLACE so you pay for it ! wether

Re: [Biofuel] Solar panels may cost all households

2013-04-02 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Lots of talk of the costs imposed on other people by people who install solar panels, but no mention of the benefit that people who install solar panels are giving to all of society by reducing pollution and greenhouse gas emissions On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 6:16 PM, Tony cr...@vianet.net.au

Re: [Biofuel] Solar panels may cost all households

2013-04-02 Thread Darryl McMahon
Hi Zeke, for most for-profit power generators, their emissions (heat, CO2, conventional pollutants, noise, toxins, carcinogens, etc.) are just 'externalities' they impose on society. Thus, the lack of these things are also an externality. Unless they can find a way to generate revenue from

[Biofuel] Solar panels may cost all households

2013-04-01 Thread Tony
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/newshome/16410796/solar-panels-may-cost-all-households/ Solar panels may cost all households Daniel Mercer, The West Australian Updated March 21, 2013, 2:10 am http://l.yimg.com/ea/img/-/130321/a_230209habecoideas1_18kjmp7-18kjmpb.jpg Solar panels may