Andrew, how much power do your rooftop solar panels produce? How does that compare to the amount of power that your house consumes? What was the total cost of the installation, including any grants, tax credits, or other government incentives?
------------- Max Charleston SC On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 10:31 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The new wind turbines have detection systems that shut down (feather) the > nacelles when migrating birds approach. > > There is a Vestas (Danish company) turbine factory near Denver that is > producing blades at a prodigious rate. > https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2018/01/02/vestas- > sets-wind-turbine-sales-record-plans-to.html > > My solar panels never need washing, although the polished mirror and PV > arrays in the desert utility scale solar arrays do, which is a big consumer > of scarce groundwater. I am not a big fan of utility scale solar - > distributed roof top solar is the better alternative as a means of creating > individual liberty. > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 9:50 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > That's why they're all made in China. Nobody GsAS about the environment > > in China. Better they destroy theirs so we can generate green power here > > with cheepchinee panels now that Solyndra failed. > > > > --FT > > > > > > On 8/13/18 11:04 PM, clay monroe via Mercedes wrote: > > > >> Making silicon crystals is not the most environmentally pretty industry. > >> > > > > -- > > --FT > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
