I've actually priced out some solar heaters that you put on your windows at home. Much cheaper to build your own.
The real thing that people aren't talking about much is lowering consumption. The average house can lower it's consumption by 20% and not notice any change in lifestyle. --- On Mon, 12/20/10, John Harvey <[email protected]> wrote: > From: John Harvey <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [OT] Tech Jobs in Green Energy > To: "'ProFox Email List'" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, December 20, 2010, 5:35 PM > Passive solar combined with > photovoltaic can be very efficient. I met a man > in Colorado who ran his ranch on Solar and Wind power. He > had a wind mill > generator and solar panels that stored energy in some > massive batteries. He > also had a big diesel generator that he used when he had > to. He was so far > off the grid, he didn't have much choice. I stayed at his > ranch for a week > while elk hunting. He had a very nice place, but they > didn't burn any lights > unnecessarily. > > John Harvey > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf > Of Michael Madigan > Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 4:09 PM > To: ProFox Email List > Subject: Re: [OT] Tech Jobs in Green Energy > > I've been doing some research on solar heating. This > seems way more > efficient than photovoltaic. > > --- On Mon, 12/20/10, Stephen Russell <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > From: Stephen Russell <[email protected]> > > Subject: [OT] Tech Jobs in Green Energy > > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > > Date: Monday, December 20, 2010, 4:27 PM > > I live by the Sharp plant here and > > they are opening up a sales > > department for the solar panels they make. > > > > <http://tinyurl.com/37q648h> > > > > There is free energy all we have to do is capture it > > better. I like > > seeing that they have added 110 + jobs at the plant. > 3 > > years ago they > > were hit by a tornado and it did a lot of damage in > and > > around their > > plant. > > > > > > > > -- > > Stephen Russell > > > > Sr. Production Systems Programmer > > CIMSgts > > > > 901.246-0159 cell > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] > > _______________________________________________ > 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/281801cba096$3d7dbc20$b87934...@[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.
