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Miguelito Loveless

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5. We have been using solar for five years now,

Reply to Finishline42 (Original post)

Mon May 4, 2020, 12:02 PM

May 2020

and it is marvelous. My wife and I saved for 25 years to pay off our house and buy one with an proper facing roof to install solar on. We have a large array, installed in sections over the years, and now power the house, our A/C and our cars with it. Zero gasoline use (down from 600-800 gallons per year in 2015) for last two years. When the furnace finally gives up the ghost, we will replace it with a geo-thermal system, removing the last fossil fuel from our home.

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Texas could add 3.5 GW of solar this year [View all] Finishline42 May 2020 OP

I gather that there may be a farm going in Culberson County. Thomas Hurt May 2020 #1

"ERCOT had 2,281 GW of solar at the end of 2019". I think you mean MW, not GW. n/t progree May 2020 #2

You are correct Finishline42 May 2020 #3

trump will be calling Abbott when he finds this out duforsure May 2020 #4

That's one of interesting aspects of wind and solar Finishline42 May 2020 #6

We have been using solar for five years now, Miguelito Loveless May 2020 #5