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sarah FAILIN

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30. I looked at solar

Sun Oct 29, 2017, 01:21 PM

Oct 2017

My contractor told me the savings would take at least 25 years to pay for the cost of the install and equipment. I couldn't afford it even though I wanted it.

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Germany generating so much windpower today that price for electricity will fall... below zero [View all] KelleyKramer Oct 2017 OP

Here I am in Northern Florida, wind blowing and sun shinning all day Stryst Oct 2017 #1

U.S. Drill baby drill and "clean coal" USA! USA! hibbing Oct 2017 #2

The iPad posting this reply runs completely off solar power. roamer65 Oct 2017 #3

Meanwhile the rest of the world advances with clean energy LiberalLovinLug Oct 2017 #4

Meanwhile in DC, our government is stalled by an excess of wind RainCaster Oct 2017 #5

Fukushima shadowmayor Oct 2017 #6

Money has a funny way of greasing the skids. Caliman73 Oct 2017 #28

No, Chernobyl was way worse. EX500rider Oct 2017 #40

You are correct ex-rider shadowmayor Oct 2017 #47

We have some wind turbines here in the San Francisco Bay Area in the Altamont Pass... iluvtennis Oct 2017 #7

Those ugly turbines littering the hillsides in the photo you posted are mostly dead now. hunter Oct 2017 #23

"Ugly", I'll just leave that there. nt iluvtennis Oct 2017 #24

"ugly" just like "dead" Eko Oct 2017 #35

Their are still thousands of dead 20th century wind turbines littering the hillsides of California. hunter Oct 2017 #38

How do you know they are dead? Eko Oct 2017 #41

Oh bother... hunter Oct 2017 #44

Thats interesting. Eko Oct 2017 #45

And from 2017. Eko Oct 2017 #46

Politically powerful people see the Altamont Pass wind turbines from the highway... hunter Oct 2017 #48

If this country was run properly not fooled Oct 2017 #8

You're right about that. If it doesn't mean ripping off the masses for huge profits, then forget it. YOHABLO Oct 2017 #12

Yep Cosmocat Oct 2017 #15

I looked at solar sarah FAILIN Oct 2017 #30

The government here should do not fooled Oct 2017 #31

Fukushima freaked all of Europe out. Merkel actually did something about it. DFW Oct 2017 #9

Isn't Germany down to 1 or 2 nuke plants left? KelleyKramer Oct 2017 #11

Still 8 left Ezior Oct 2017 #17

Thanks, that's amazing progress KelleyKramer Oct 2017 #19

I don't know how many are left on line, but they are disappearing rapidly DFW Oct 2017 #20

There's no way Germany can break it's dirty coal habit and remain a major industrial economy. hunter Oct 2017 #25

Deciding to phase out coal as a source for power plants WAS a rough choice. DFW Oct 2017 #32

Scrubbers were installed to control the smog. But the carbon dioxide remains. hunter Oct 2017 #34

Solar isn't irrational as long as it isn't overrated DFW Oct 2017 #37

All we get is a bunch of hot air world wide wally Oct 2017 #10

Speaking of Fukushima:Are millions of gallons of radio active waste still spilling into the Pacific? YOHABLO Oct 2017 #13

No, but they are talking about dumping it on purpose KelleyKramer Oct 2017 #14

And sometimes it even costs money to produce electricity... TomVilmer Oct 2017 #16

Battery farms. Once battery or solid state storage has developed enough, as Telsa is Fred Sanders Oct 2017 #21

meanwhile Duke energy onethatcares Oct 2017 #18

Why celebrate yet another major fault of wind energy? hunter Oct 2017 #22

dont bother responding to this person Eko Oct 2017 #36

Is the power company in Hawaii still blocking residential solar panels? Irish_Dem Oct 2017 #26

The Hawaii power company seems somewhat beholden to the same oil companies... hunter Oct 2017 #42

Thanks for the update. nt Irish_Dem Oct 2017 #43

Our private-enterprise electric utilities companies WILL NEVER LOWER CONSUMER COSTS, EVER!!! WinkyDink Oct 2017 #27

Hey, we were promised "electrical energy too cheap to meter" back in 1954. n/t PoliticAverse Oct 2017 #29

As long as the Snackshack Oct 2017 #33

Every structure in this country has a roof of some sort and they all face the sun. Vinca Oct 2017 #39