Solar Power

[binks]

Hi and thanks for the invite. It's great to be around people who are passionate about sustainability\green issues. Getting the word out can be a challenge but one worth persevering!!! I have come across a company that I think is going to play a key role in changing the power industry. The more we can get the word out the faster we can take part in moving the country to a safer future. I hope I'm not breaking any rules, I just want to spread the word with like minded people so we can tell everyone who is not like minded. Hope this makes sense!! Check it out at *The Citizenrē Corporation | Bringing Solar Power to Your Home. Please let me know your thoughts.

Thanks
Binks

[daybrown]

I lived for 25 years, off the grid on solar power til my house burned down. I could do it, but a lotta people frankly, are just too stupid. They cant remember to turn off the TV or the lites. They cant remember to check the battery bank, or reduce consumption during the low lite time of the year.

Short Mountain in Tenn does it, but they are a *commune* and have the people who are enthusiastic about solar power to keep an eye on the system. They use one central main kitchen & lounge so that all the 'homes' need is a bedroom lamp.

If you want to move twards a sustainable global system, the nuclear family home is going to have to be abandoned. You need the energy efficiency of communes. I'm all for the various pilot projects, but the investment per capita needed for a solar nuclear family home is way beyond the average global family income. Its only when you move up an order of magnitude to the village or communal house scale that it becomes affordable in anything other than the richest economies.