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Offline sargentodiaz

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Solar Industry Fiascos Continue
« on: March 12, 2015, 08:45:04 PM »
The idea of having alternative energy sources is certainly a good idea. But, is the technology at the stage when it's truly feasible? I have a solar panel on on the roof of my home to heat the water for the swimming pool. So far, I have not seen a single benefit of having it there. None! In fact, it seems to use more electricity from the pump running water through it and it makes too darn much noise.

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Re: Solar Industry Fiascos Continue
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2015, 02:22:35 AM »
According to the searches I did, I found solar to be at least 3x more expensive than coal.
I suspect if information on solar power was baselined; i.e. compared apples to apples, all subsidies taken out solar would be even more expensive.
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