It certainly will take a lot of effort, and at least some time. But I don't think it's necessarily as hopeless as you make sound!
I'm listening to NPR's "Talk of the Nation" talk program right now, and one of the guests is echoing my earlier words about only catastrophe bringing on fast change. He's talking about our national overdependence on oil.
Please remember that we live in the "bluest of the blue" states, so what you may be seeing in your town is not very typical of national trends, I believe I can safely say.
On a personal note, solar power setups don't have to be expensive.
Right. But they are.
My husband, who's a wiz with the electronic stuff, put a small 80 watt system together or a grand total of about $500. . . It's not at all grid tied, but is that really all that important?
Well, I have no skill with electronic stuff, so that's not an option. Grid tied is the best set-up for our needs, as we absolutely do not want to deal with highly toxic storage batteries. And with overflow, we WANT it to go back into the grid so that we can hopefully contribute to the permanent closing of Vermont Yankee Atomic just north of here . . .
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Re: New Urbanism
Date: 2005-08-01 06:42 pm (UTC)I'm listening to NPR's "Talk of the Nation" talk program right now, and one of the guests is echoing my earlier words about only catastrophe bringing on fast change. He's talking about our national overdependence on oil.
Please remember that we live in the "bluest of the blue" states, so what you may be seeing in your town is not very typical of national trends, I believe I can safely say.
Right. But they are.
Well, I have no skill with electronic stuff, so that's not an option. Grid tied is the best set-up for our needs, as we absolutely do not want to deal with highly toxic storage batteries. And with overflow, we WANT it to go back into the grid so that we can hopefully contribute to the permanent closing of Vermont Yankee Atomic just north of here . . .