> > It is a truism that it is easier (and cheaper) to save a watt than to > make a watt. >
That, I think, is the most crucial element, and why many folks on boats are able to do what others on land cannot, that is live with most if not all their energy needs derived from wind and solar. But of course there has recently been a trend to simply add more 'oil burning' generation capacity and do without solar or wind, mostly by those who do not understand the advantages because they have never really been long distance passage making style of cruising, only "island hopping" or coastal cruising from marina to marina with a few overnight anchorages. And as was pointed out, solar panels ARE expensive, even though for the last forty or fifty years that I know of the price is always "coming down soon". Part of the reason it has not is because of relatively cheap oil. That is changing now, permanently. BTW my brother recently installed a set of LED headlights on his car, each unit uses ONE led! They cost a bit over a hundred bucks apiece, in line with top end metal discharge units. They look to be exceptionally well engineered which means they will outlast the car by far unlike conventional lights.-Ken _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
