Then, the air conditioner starts up and consumes 40 times the energy derived from the sun... all day and into the night!
Posted on 10/11/2009 6:58:15 AM PDT by slag
DURANGO, Colo. – The sun had just crested the distant ridge of the Rocky Mountains, but already it was producing enough power for the electric meter on the side of the Smiley Building to spin backward.
For the Shaw brothers, who converted the downtown arts building and community center into a miniature solar power plant two years ago, each reverse rotation subtracts from their monthly electric bill. It also means the building at that moment is producing more electricity from the sun than it needs.
The higher fossil-fuel prices that could come with climate legislation would make it more competitive.
"You can't drive an industry on people doing the right thing. The best thing for this country is if gas were $10 a gallon," said Shaw
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Unbelievable!
The next best thing to serfdom where the peasents were tied to the land and not allowed to move away from it.
$10/gallon wouldn't even phase Al Gore and his jetting around to climate change conferences.
community center!! I stopped there.
One can only assume that Mr. Shaw doesn’t have to worry about paying for $10 gas. How nice for him! I’m just wondering if Mr. Shaw has thought about the foul brews and products involved in creating his solar cells? How will he dispose of them when they quit working? Or is that also a problem for someone else to deal with?
Seems cheap and cost effective.\s
What a load! The payback never happens. But Tax Ritter loves this “new green economy” crap.
Keep up the good work; maybe you can reverse GW so that Colorado gets snow by mid September.
There are cost-effective uses for solar/wind setups in remote locations. If the distance from the grid is significant, a solar/wind setup can be cheaper than getting connected.
This is what happens when economic retards are in charge of public policy.
The article fails to mention that the “solar power” energy rebate given to those who “turn their meters backward” exist as an almost 100% pure subsidy. The grid actually receives almost no benefit from the “solar power” which is actually calculated as “demand” rather than “supply” when the utility projects it’s power needs.
“Why?” one might ask.
Fairly simple.
When a cloud passes over, the “solar power” can drop to almost 0, so conventional generation capacity has to be running on “standby” to handle the “demand”. The result, almost no savings in either capital requirements, or emissions.
But “green enthusiasts” are confidant that technologies will eventually be invented to cure this “minor flaw”.
Yes I understand that but a Half Mill will also buy a nice generator and fuel for years.
This whole solar, windmill ethanol green alternative business exists solely because of government subsidy. So on a sunny day it is possible for a short time for this building to generate its electric needs with a little surplus. Obviously other power sources are still needed at night and on cloudy days. If one considers the cost of installing this solar system versus the actual electricity it generates the price per kilowatt would be astronomical and I am certain would not offset more than a fraction of the total electric needs for this building.
Then, the air conditioner starts up and consumes 40 times the energy derived from the sun... all day and into the night!
What he was thinking:
The best thing for me is to keep getting these highly profitable government subsidies and special projects even if it costs the ordinary sucker $10.00 a gallon for gas.
There -- fixed it for the selfish trough slurper.
Durango is a small town of 15,000 on the edge of Colorado. When residents need something the town can't provide, they have to go to Farmington, NM (1 hour) or Albuquerque (5 hours), or sometimes Denver (7 hours). Plus, Durango is a tourist town which relies on people driving to Durango from all over. In other words, Durango would be destroyed by $10 gas.
With a long enough lead time , it could convert to natural gas cars though, which is plentiful in the area.
Just imagine what $10 gas would do to the costs of goods and services in this country? This idiot needs to take Economics 101.
Was this before or after the light sensors were snowed under?
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