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posted on December 11, 2008 at 02:19PM Inappropriate?
Time for a major store like Sears to offer complete Solar Options of water,heat, power via solar panels professionally installed by Sears.
replies: 16 latest post: August 31, 2009 at 01:46AM by AdamO
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posted on December 13, 2008 at 12:51PM
 
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?
posted on January 10, 2009 at 12:50AM
 

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.

posted on January 10, 2009 at 08:21AM
 

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!

 

posted on January 11, 2009 at 09:10PM
 
go to windblue.com for inexpensive wind generators .Not hi tech but a place to start
posted on January 11, 2009 at 09:32PM
 
In response to motorman01's post from January 11 2009 09:10PM
motorman01 said…
go to windblue.com for inexpensive wind generators .Not hi tech but a place to start
Nice information - thanks!  After watching a show on this that was on the Science Channel last week it's definitely got my interest up.
posted on January 11, 2009 at 10:35PM
 
In response to motorman01's post from January 11 2009 09:10PM
Thanks for the info. I will check it out
posted on January 12, 2009 at 10:52PM
 
In response to KiteFarmer's post from December 11 2008 02:19PM
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.

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!
posted on January 13, 2009 at 07:15PM
 
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!
posted on January 30, 2009 at 05:26PM
 
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.
posted on January 31, 2009 at 09:28AM
 
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.
posted on May 15, 2009 at 01:25AM
 
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.
posted on June 09, 2009 at 02:45PM
 

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

 

posted on June 11, 2009 at 09:45PM
 
In response to freefavoriteword's post from June 09 2009 02:45PM

The correct URL is:


http://www.windbluepower.com/

posted on August 30, 2009 at 05:30PM
 

Are we talking "water wheel" for a stream?

posted on August 30, 2009 at 07:43PM
 

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!

posted on August 31, 2009 at 01:46AM
 

:)

It is alright to conserve the power we use though.

Right?

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