Then you'd be declaring fealty to those evil purveyors of long-distance walking boots !
Rgds, D.
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Then you'd be declaring fealty to those evil purveyors of long-distance walking boots !
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Sure you are not being dragged into to past? HS
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Oh no, I am looking forward. Maybe you can give it a try someday?
Just tell yourself there can be life with multiple energy sources and not all power has to come from petroleum.
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Very interesting story on energy last night on TV...
It covered a lot and basically said top down market manipulation doesn't work.
For the US it was the ethanol being a net energy loss all things considered and driving up food cost.
For Germany it is much worse... coal is their dirty power also because the type of coal. The energy mandate to go Green has ramped up coal use... solar and wind need back up and the back up now that Nuclear is out.
Sad story about historic towns and villages being erased from existence to get at the coal.
Germany Plans to Raze Towns for Brown Coal and Cheap Energy
Also the citizens of Germany had 80% price per kW to cover "Transition"
The premise is there is no one world solution and the best approaches tend to be region specific...
It covered a lot and basically said top down market manipulation doesn't work.
For the US it was the ethanol being a net energy loss all things considered and driving up food cost.
For Germany it is much worse... coal is their dirty power also because the type of coal. The energy mandate to go Green has ramped up coal use... solar and wind need back up and the back up now that Nuclear is out.
Sad story about historic towns and villages being erased from existence to get at the coal.
Germany Plans to Raze Towns for Brown Coal and Cheap Energy
Also the citizens of Germany had 80% price per kW to cover "Transition"
The premise is there is no one world solution and the best approaches tend to be region specific...
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Is that like levelling mountains in Virginia?
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Anyone familiar with solaredge technology. HS
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Yes. They make PV inverters, optimizers and associated monitoring software. Have not heard too many complains. I think that is one of the better suppliers of inverters.
You might look at "island capable inverters" that provide emergency power when grid goes down as long as sun is shining.
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Anyone have a opinion on a fair price per kW installed. HS
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I got a quote in 2012 3.50/W.
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Seems to me the installers take your tax credit by overcharging. $3.50-$4.00 per kW installed in a flat roof install is normal, but is an overcharge of equipment by 30% or more than what I can buy the identical equipment myself over the net. I can buy any system for $1.70 a kW. That's a tidy profit for the installer. This is a major problem with solar becoming a main stream solution to reducing electric use, the installer industry is flaky and predatory. HS
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