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Comment on The Solar House by pegobuilders

pegobuilders — Mon, 23 May 2011 20:49:30 +0000

Before the …
Before the Industrial Revolution house building involved the consumption of little or no fossil fuel. Translated into moder terms, old houses have been the absolute ultimate in sustainable dwellings

Comment on The Solar House by BigManFromThe80s

BigManFromThe80s — Mon, 23 May 2011 20:49:28 +0000

You say ‘the solar …
You say ‘the solar panels offset their installation costs quite quickly’ but everything I’ve ever read says it takes around 10 years for such things to break even.

Obviously this is still a good thing in the long run, and it depends on whether you can get a tax-funded subsidy, but it just doesn’t quite square with your claim of ‘quite quickly’

Comment on The Solar House by angelinaYYZ

angelinaYYZ — Mon, 23 May 2011 20:49:27 +0000

yes, i like the …
yes, i like the house model. Growing food in your own backyard is amazing!

Comment on The Solar House by planetcoco

planetcoco — Mon, 23 May 2011 20:49:26 +0000

This is very nice. …
This is very nice.
I currently live in Florida (USA) sunshine states but I have not seen anyone having solar powered house in my area. (Winter park) I wonder if we need to get permission from the state or city.

Comment on The Solar House by bgreg55

bgreg55 — Mon, 23 May 2011 20:49:24 +0000

Elaine, great to …
Elaine, great to see what your doing, I’m trying to make a step towards this way of living. Fair play and good luck !!!

Comment on The Solar House by elainebrook

elainebrook — Mon, 23 May 2011 20:49:23 +0000

good point – I’m …
good point – I’m not good about meticulously measuring inputs / outputs every day! But hot water offsets quicker than PV. – depends on use – eg I got the habit of doing laundry when I knew there was solar hot water + passive solar for drying. Plus I get a rebate for having the panels. Going by most peoples energy bills you could say maybe 5 years rather than 10 — compare with 20ish for PV ( I think that is optimistic) – BUT if feed-in PV tariffs start April it will improve a lot. (hooray!)

Comment on The Solar House by ikambor

ikambor — Mon, 23 May 2011 20:49:22 +0000

I do not believe in …
I do not believe in the global warming BS at all anymore,, the jerks like Al Gore and those fake scientists manipulating data for thier own one world government control and tax system scam

However,, I still think all of this is a good idea,, wars are fought over resources and and they are expensive and they do ruin the environment in other ways so I am in favor of laws requiring us to move into this direction

Comment on The Solar House by theorcopark

theorcopark — Mon, 23 May 2011 20:49:20 +0000

It is interesting …
It is interesting that the notion of Global Warming is still considered to be a belief by so many people. However the subject is so complex that it is still really quite easy for the ‘anti GW lobby to muddy the waters and steer the green initiative away from positive change towards a more sustainable future.

Comment on The Solar House by proverb311031

proverb311031 — Mon, 23 May 2011 20:49:19 +0000

@elainebrook they …
@elainebrook they need a solar water heater that will get their water from 90 to 140 degrees

Comment on The Solar House by aaronready1

aaronready1 — Mon, 23 May 2011 20:49:17 +0000

Everything she did …
Everything she did is awesome….but carbon taxes for supporting world government is the perversion behind duping well meaning women like this with guilt. But i’m all for this way of living! i’m trying it myself