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Switching To Solar Power — Six Months Later
ThinSkin writes "Slashdot readers may remember an article regarding ExtremeTech's Loyd Case's experiences with solar power for the home after one month of usage. During that time six months ago, it sure seemed like a great deal, but the tables have turned significantly once winter approached. While it's no surprise solar power generation is expected to dwindle during the winter, Loyd compares solar power data of the last six months to determine if solar power is still worth the time and money."
He and his wife live alone. Even if the guy wasn't some self-righteous conservationist, why SHOULDN'T they live in an average house? Is he, as the former Vice President, supposed to be some kind of royalty now--too good to live in anything less than a sprawling mansion? I mean more power to His Lordship if he can afford it, but I'm certainly not going to listen to him turn around and lecture me on *MY* wastefulness without pointing out the glaring hypocrisy.
I, as an individual, use an average of $90 a month in electricity with no natural gas, living in the same part of the country as His Royal Highness. I drive a little car (not an SUV, much less a fleet of them) that gets about 35 mpg. I'm not an environmentalist. I would describe my position on the global warming idea as "open, but skeptical." I'm not particularly big on conservation. And I don't go around telling everyone else how to live their lives or taunting any new religion or cause. But I guess His Kingship would say that I'm "part of the problem" because I don't kiss his ring and tell him how great he is, even as he does more to contribute to the problem of over-consumption and CO2 emissions in the course of one year than a lowly peasant like me will do in most of my lifetime.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
"....years. Alas, that's the price one pays for being an early adopter. But when I look at my power bill, I still have a nice, warm feeling inside. "
Isn't that the "REAL" reason to be green, for that "Warm feeling inside"... Proving once again that environmentalist are more in tune with their "feelings" than the real hard core science of how our planet works.
Hey, I got a fuzzy feeling for you... I didn't WASTE $40K that will take 40 years to recoup energy savings --- If not more, the #'s were kinda fuzzy logic in the original article. PLUS, he was using rebates and federal tax credits, so WE paid to help him do this or it would NOT be anywhere near cost effective... Thats a wealth transfer out of my wallet by "UNCLE SAM" - THEIVES! On Top of all that, he stated it would save 6.6Tons of GHG... I can suggest you save that by shutting down your frick'n computers at night! or turning thermistats down while out of house, or quit going to starbucks for latte's!!
WHEN are people gonna wake up about this SCAM. I hope they one day come up with the magic bullet of 90% efficent pannels, etc, but till then you are just thowing your money away that could of helped your family or some poor person that needed some assistance. In the mean time, I'll let Ed Beagly Jr. & Jay Leno D7ck it out to see who has the biggest solar pannels and turbines.
--- Relax, that mass muderer is just trying to reduce our carbon footprint, one fetus at a time...