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To: Pan_Yan
the family sold some animals to buy a small Chinese-made solar power system for about $80.

Good for them! They didn't demand it from their govt for free, nor did they wait for a charity to give it to them.

4 posted on 12/25/2010 3:37:09 PM PST by LibFreeOrDie (Obama promised a gold mine, but will give us the shaft.)
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To: LibFreeOrDie; Pan_Yan
> Good for them! They didn't demand it from their govt for free, nor did they wait for a charity to give it to them.

Roger that, and I hope they do well with it.

Small-scale solar and wind power works well -- household or farm-size. It has been doing well for a few decades in the case of solar electric, and since the 1940's in the case of wind.

Large-scale solar and wind both have problems, mainly storage because the output varies over the course of the day. For large scale I favor hydro and nuclear, and recognize the necessity of fossil fuels at least for the next few decades until we can start building more nuke plants.

Anyway, my house is off-grid, and I've run on solar (PVs) since 1989. Tonight I'm posting this from that same system. The independence is a positive factor, the lack of a monthly bill is nice, and no power outages. Small-scale renewable rocks.

13 posted on 12/25/2010 3:47:30 PM PST by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: LibFreeOrDie

Amen! She saw a solution to her problem, and used her own money to purchase it!


78 posted on 12/25/2010 11:05:23 PM PST by SuziQ
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