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Thanks for the feedback! I like the idea, too!  Do you have solar panels at home? I wonder if they can be used in any climate?

You what would be good if it is affordable?

A some states require the power companies to buy any excess power one generates if they are set up for it. Perhaps there could be an affordable product designed like the wind mills from the olden days that turned in the wind and drew the water up out of the ground into the  watering trawfs or pumped the water into the fields for irragation. In the south, you still see these on farms as well as a lot of weather veins on house tops that turn with the wind.  One could have a similar item on top of the house that generated power. One could also have a device to go along ones stream for those of us that lived out in the country and have a constant supply of water running. through the property. This would put electrical power back into one homes. These items would have to be affordable and made so that they could be turned on and off .

Just a thought.

Birddog -

The good news is someone is working on just that!  I was watching the Science Channel the other night and they were showing a demonstration of it.  It was relatively small, but could generate energy even in "breeze" conditions.

Pretty cool!

 

go to windblue.com for inexpensive wind generators .Not hi tech but a place to start

motorman01 said…
go to windblue.com for inexpensive wind generators .Not hi tech but a place to start

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Nice information - thanks!  After watching a show on this that was on the Science Channel last week it's definitely got my interest up.

Thanks for the info. I will check it out

KiteFarmer said…
Time for a major store like Sears to offer complete Solar Options of water,heat, power via solar panels professionally installed by Sears.

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We already do vinyl siding, central heating and air, cabinet refacing, etc, so we have the people and the network.  I think that you are on to a really great idea!  Sears Home Services could be the first mass merchant to do this and it would help the customer, the environment, and the company!

Don't forget garage doors; we're having Sears replace ours -- along with a nice belt-driven Craftsman garage door opener to go with it!

Does anyone know how much solar panels cost if you want them to power your entire house? Say a 2000 square foot home in Illinois. Thanks so much.

I've been researching the option of solar panels for my home. I have a contemporary with a huge sloped roof facing south. The cost is still too high. I would be looking for some government grants. In the southwest this is available but in the Northeast they consider that we don't have enough days of sunlight to make it cost effective. I believe that should be considered on a case by... because we surely could be at least 50% off the grid with solar.

I found a gentle start into solar power. A local store is carrying a solar-powered roof ventilating fan. It installs, as a single unit, just like a conventional roof vent. But, it has the advantages of a forced air roof vent, with no need for electrical 120 volt wiring. This is important to keeping a shed, with NO power, cool during hot summer days. The cost is a little steep at $300, though.

hey rstinnett yr info is rong it gets u to a dental site not a wind ower site

 

The correct URL is:

http://www.windbluepower.com/

Are we talking "water wheel" for a stream?

When it takes 7 years for a solar panel to generate as much electricity as it took to manufacture it, Seems like the cost to recovery's rate is still off in the future. wind also costs three to four time the cost of coal to generate a and it is unreliable. Americans need to reject this movement that claims mankind (the USA) is responsible for the change in weather. The only country that is making this mistake that will further ruin or economy is U.S. the rest of the world isn't buying into this false religion of Al Gore's or Obama's!

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It is alright to conserve the power we use though.

Right?