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garybeck

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13. very cool. you're doing it the "old school" way
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 12:16 PM
Mar 2013

most people today don't have batteries and they use the grid power at night.

i'm old school too. I like your system. you're truly independent.

KUDOS.

That is a brilliant graphic. Damn. byronius Mar 2013 #1
i dig your profile pic. is that Abbie Hoffman? garybeck Mar 2013 #3
Yes indeed, sir, mine as well. byronius Mar 2013 #18
ever see "steal this movie?" garybeck Mar 2013 #32
Many times. Read every book he's written over and over. byronius Mar 2013 #45
Well, the oil companies wouldn't approve. Octafish Mar 2013 #2
I thought Obama was going to put them back on green for victory Mar 2013 #36
No, you heard them. Octafish Mar 2013 #38
Corporate America... 99Forever Mar 2013 #4
How big would it have to be to replace all of our natural gas and petrolium use? tridim Mar 2013 #5
that is another story because garybeck Mar 2013 #8
I'll bite. After the energy is generated how do you move it to the rest of the country 1-Old-Man Mar 2013 #6
the graphic just shows the area required for production. in reality garybeck Mar 2013 #9
Fiber optic cables? Shankapotomus Mar 2013 #10
i'm not aware of fiber optics carrying power. I thought it was data. garybeck Mar 2013 #12
I'm pretty sure fiber cables Shankapotomus Mar 2013 #16
yup. I don't think that translates well to moving large amounts of power garybeck Mar 2013 #17
You don't need to move the electricity Shankapotomus Mar 2013 #19
Germany has managed to figure it out green for victory Mar 2013 #33
No. We are too close to fusion to put THAT much into solar. Occulus Mar 2013 #7
Just so I understand a bit about fusion, dreampunk Mar 2013 #21
Our solar array is just about the same size as our travel trailer. Yavapai Mar 2013 #11
very cool. you're doing it the "old school" way garybeck Mar 2013 #13
well, we could have the grid brought to our property, for just $152,000 :-] Yavapai Mar 2013 #14
and that's why the solar market has skyrocketed in the last 10 years garybeck Mar 2013 #15
We just contracted for a 6kw PV system. SeattleVet Mar 2013 #20
THANKS SEATTLE VET dreampunk Mar 2013 #25
Sounds like a nice outfit, but dreampunk Mar 2013 #23
grid tie is cheaper, not more expensive garybeck Mar 2013 #31
Storage and transmission are still the big roadblocks to this pediatricmedic Mar 2013 #22
and just think how many jobs would be created NewJeffCT Mar 2013 #24
Right? DITTO stuntcat Mar 2013 #40
A little idea from India. ChazInAz Mar 2013 #26
I've always thought the oil companies and Govs Lobo27 Mar 2013 #27
GREAT DISCUSSION THREAD! dreampunk Mar 2013 #28
Imagine if everyone's taxes went up by 0.5% to create and maintain a national solar-electric system. SamReynolds Mar 2013 #29
Spain gets 35% from renewables and they say for every dollar they spend on it garybeck Mar 2013 #30
Olmedilla de Alarcón is quite impressive green for victory Mar 2013 #34
not necessary if trillions of dollars weren't spent bombing and invading other countries green for victory Mar 2013 #35
Doesn't work out cheaper for those with long money and they call the plays. TheKentuckian Mar 2013 #41
I imagine that it might work out for them. SamReynolds Mar 2013 #42
I don't disagree it would be a boon to the overall economy but when cost come out of taxes TheKentuckian Mar 2013 #43
"Least able to shoulder it" SamReynolds Mar 2013 #44
K & R Quantess Mar 2013 #37
If we hadn't invested so ridiculously much in fossil fuels and made them so powerful, stuntcat Mar 2013 #39
Yet all they want to promote is nukes Generic Other Mar 2013 #46
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